Trey Gowdy Says ‘No Idea’ Whether He Will Join Trump’s Legal Team in January

Trey Gowdy at a joint hearing with FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok at the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on, “Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election" in Washington on July 12, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Former South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy said he has “no idea” whether he will be needed by Trump’s private legal team given that he’s barred from communicating with anyone in Congress until January.

Amid the Democrat-led effort to impeachment President Donald Trump, it was announced that Gowdy was slated to join as an outside legal counsel to the president. However, Trump said on the following day that it appears like Gowdy can’t start “until sometime after January [2020]” due to lobbying rules and regulations.