BREAKING: Trey Gowdy announces he will not seek re-election, is leaving politics. Full statement here.

Whoa. So far, this is probably the biggest retirement announcement we've seen. Trey Gowdy will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives and is leaving politics for an unspecified job somewhere in the Justice System. This is not one I saw coming. Right away, this has people speculating that Gowdy is A: Taking Jeff Sessions' job at the DOJ. or B: caught up in something shady. At this point, we're not hearing anything that suggests either of these theories are accurate. We'll update when we know more.

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There is a time to come and a time to go. This is the right time, for me, to leave politics and return to the justice system. Full statement here → pic.twitter.com/7I8AApqvs1

— Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) January 31, 2018

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