前共和党众议院监督委员会主席特雷·高迪周日表示，他“百分之百”同意民主党举行闭门弹劾听证会。

高迪曾在2011年至2019年期间担任南卡罗来纳州一名强大的国会议员，他吹捧隐私和正当程序在众议院调查中的作用，尽管共和党人不支持对唐纳德·特朗普总统的潜在弹劾。

面向国家主持人玛格丽特·布伦南在2018年4月播放了高迪的一段视频，他称公众听证会是一场充斥着媒体泄密的“马戏团、怪胎秀”。高迪说，他支持举行私人听证会作证。

高迪最近据报告的被视为特朗普弹劾辩护团队的最新成员。

高迪的立场与几名现任共和党众议院议员直接冲突闯入上周三举行了闭门听证会，并举行新闻发布会，指责众议院民主党人试图弹劾特朗普，同时“躲在国会大厦地下室”

“你仍然认为[的私人听证会更有建设性吗？]“布伦南问周日早上。

“百分之百，”他回答。“我一直都是...你不能选择要使用正当程序的哪个方面。这不仅仅是隐私，我的意思是，我们尊重行政部门调查的原因不是因为它们是秘密进行的，而是因为没有泄密。”

相比之下，高迪说众议院情报委员会主席亚当·希夫“这个周末召开的新闻发布会”比约翰·达勒姆、迈克尔·霍罗威兹或罗伯特·穆勒“一生中召开的”都多

高迪批评了30多名共和党人，包括众议院少数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯、佛罗里达州众议员马特·盖兹和阿拉巴马众议员莫·布鲁克斯闯入私人听证会并公开电子录音。但是高迪也批评了民主党领导的关于人们证词和证词“选择性泄露”的调查。

“我认为如果你要进行私人调查，有无限的时间询问和盘问证人，那是件好事，”他说。“我是一名规则追随者，我把一名共和党人排除在听证会之外，因为他不是委员会成员。”

“我理解共和党人对当前调查的失望。高迪补充道:“我一直倾向于等到调查结束后才分享结论的调查。”。

纽约时报 之前报道过本月，高迪被选为总统弹劾辩护小组的律师之一。但是游说规则和其他失误导致了这一安排彻底瓦解，尽管高迪本人否认的知识加入特朗普的辩护团队。

Gowdy宣布的他不会在2018年1月寻求连任，当时他告诉记者，“总有一天会到来，总有一天会过去。对我来说，这是离开政治回到司法系统的恰当时机。”

高迪领导了2012年国会对利比亚班加西的调查，袭击造成包括克里斯托弗·史蒂文斯大使在内的四名美国人死亡。调查发现前国务卿希拉里·克林顿使用私人电子邮件服务器，最终演变成联邦调查局的调查。高迪在2015年10月冗长的证词中盘问了克林顿。

南卡罗来纳州共和党人还在教育和劳动力委员会和司法委员会任职。

前共和党众议员特雷·高迪表示，他“百分之百”同意众议院民主党举行闭门弹劾听证会。

FORMER GOP REP TREY GOWDY '100%' AGREES HOUSE DEMOCRATS SHOULD HOLD PRIVATE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS

Former Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Sunday he "100 percent" agrees with Democrats holding closed-door impeachment hearings.

Gowdy, who served from 2011 to 2019 as a powerful South Carolina congressman, touted the role of privacy and due process in House investigations, even if Republicans don't support the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan played Gowdy an April 2018 clip in which he called public hearings a "circus, freak show" filled with media leaks. Gowdy said he stands by his support of holding private hearings for testimony.

Gowdy was recently reported to have been considered as the newest member of Trump's impeachment defense team.

Gowdy's stance is in direct conflict with several of current GOP House members who burst into a closed-door hearing last Wednesday and held press conferences accusing House Democrats of trying to impeach Trump while "hiding in the Capitol basement."

"Do you still believe [private hearings are more constructive?]" Brennan asked Gowdy Sunday morning.

"One hundred percent," he replied. "I have always...you can't pick and choose which aspects of due process you're going to use. It's not just the privacy, I mean the reason we respect executive branch investigations isn't because they're behind closed doors, it's because there are no leaks."

By comparison, Gowdy said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff "has had more press conferences this weekend" than John Durham, Michael Horowitz or Robert Mueller "have had in their lives."

Gowdy criticized the more than 30 Republicans including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks for storming into the private hearings and making electronic recordings of the proceedings public. But Gowdy also criticized the Democrat-led investigation over "selective leaks" of people's depositions and testimony.

"I think if you're going to have private investigations with unlimited time for questioning and cross examining witnesses that's a good thing," he said. "I'm a rule follower, I threw a Republican out of a hearing because he was not a member of the committee."

"I do understand the Republican frustration with the current investigation. My bias has always been towards investigations that wait until the end before they share their conclusions," Gowdy added.

The New York Times reported earlier this month that Gowdy was selected as one of the attorneys on the president's impeachment defense team. But lobbying rules and other missteps caused the arrangement to fall completely apart, although Gowdy himself disavowed knowledge of joining up with Trump's defense team.

Gowdy announced he would not seek re-election in January 2018, telling reporters at the time, "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."

Gowdy led the 2012 congressional investigation into the Benghazi, Libya, attacks which left four Americans dead including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. The probe uncovered former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server which ultimately evolved into an FBI investigation. Gowdy grilled Clinton in a lengthy October 2015 testimony.

The South Carolina Republican additionally served on the Education and Workforce Committee and Judiciary Committee.

​Former Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said he "100 percent" agrees with House Democrats on holding closed-door impeachment hearings.