Rep. Trey Gowdy (R – S.C.) announced Wednesday he will be retiring from Congress at the end of his term. Gowdy is currently the House Oversight Committee chairman. He joins a rash of other Republicans who have announced their retirement in districts the GOP must defend in the midterms.

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