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Trey Gowdy to take over for Jason Chaffetz as chair of House Oversight Committee

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) announced in mid-May that he’d be resigning from Congress at the end of June, meaning that someone would have to take over his chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee, which on Wednesday released a scathing, 250-page report on Operation Fast and Furious. That replacement will be Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), who broke a few hearts when he pulled his name from consideration to replace James Comey at the FBI. Still, House Oversight will give the formerfederal prosecutor and district attorney plenty of opportunity […]

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