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Goodlatte and Gowdy Stick to the Low Road on Their Way Out
Two House Republicans are tarnishing Congress and their party up to the very end.
The Gowdy-Goodlatte December show can’t end soon enough.
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Retiring congressmen can feel liberated, no longer pressured by their peers or politics back home. They can be candid, and depart on a high road.
Unfortunately two of the most high-profile House Republican retirees, Judiciary Committee chair Bob Goodlatte and Oversight Committee chair Trey Gowdy, have chosen the low road. With their party about to lose power in the House, they are making last-gasp inquisitions, subpoenaing former FBI Director James Comey and Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch for a closed-door session this week.