Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina

Remember when Trey “Benghazi” Gowdy said he was retiring several days ago to focus on “the justice system”? Yeah, well it seems ever more clear that he doesn’t think the memo cooked up by White House stooge Devin Nunes is delivering the justice he thinks is deserved.

x As I have said repeatedly, I also remain 100 percent confident in Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The contents of this memo do not - in any way - discredit his investigation. — Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 2, 2018

Too late to stop the train, Trey. Your caucus and the master it serves—Donald Trump—are already using the memo you were complicit in creating to justify the removal of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Next up for the GOP hatchet mob: Robert Mueller.

When Gowdy announced his retirement earlier this week, he wrote, “I will be returning to the justice system. Whatever skills I may have are better utilized in a courtroom than in Congress.” Taken together—the timing of his retirement, the statement he put out, and his tweets today—are a clear indication that even Trey “Benghazi” Gowdy thinks Republicans have gone off the rails here.

In fact, Gowdy is the only member of the House Intelligence panel to have read the sensitive materials used to inform the memo. Nunes delegated that job to him. At best, he thinks the memo he aided Nunes in creating has taken on more import than he intended. At worst, he believes that the politics surrounding the memo have taken a very seedy and even dangerous turn.