Gowdy ‘I Was Not Hyper-Focused’ on Hillary Clinton

Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation to promote the book he co-authored with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope For a Divided Country, Gowdy was pressed by host Margaret Brennan on his involvement in the two most politically divisive probes in Washington — Benghazi and the House Intelligence Committee investigation of Russian election meddling.

“How do you reconcile those things?” Brennan asked.

“I hear about divisiveness,” Gowdy responded. “I just don’t hear about it from my colleagues. I hear about it a lot from people in your line of work, how divisive I am. And yet, I don’t have a fractured relationship with a single solitary Democrat that serves in the House.”

Stating that “conflict sells” and it is better for business to refer to things as “hyper-partisan” or “divisive,” Gowdy then claimed the investigation into Clinton’s actions during the Benghazi tragedy while she was secretary of state was basically apolitical.

“The reality is, with respect to Benghazi, I did everything I could to handle that like a normal investigation,” Gowdy said. “I was not hyper-focused on Secretary Clinton. Lots of other people were, including people in your — with respect — in your line of work.”