Fox News Separates From Trump Lawyer Trey Gowdy | THR News - video Dailymotion

The network hired the former congressman as a contributor at the beginning of the year.

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00:00Fox News is cutting ties with contributor and former representative Trey Gowdy after

00:04reports that he's joining President Donald Trump's legal team as outside counsel.

00:09Gowdy was a big hire for Fox News when he joined the network earlier this year as a

00:13contributor, leaving his position in Congress as a high-profile member of the House

00:18of Representatives. But on Wednesday, a Fox News spokesperson sent a statement to

00:22The Hollywood Reporter that read,

00:30the inquiry as his outside legal counsel. Anchor Melissa Francis announced the

00:34president's appointment during a Fox News broadcast and mentioned to viewers that

00:37Gowdy was one of the network's contributors. Television networks are known to hire

00:41former politicians to provide on-air analysis and expertise as contributors, but

00:46generally cut ties with them if they re-enter the political space. It was reported

00:49Wednesday morning that Gowdy is expected to appear on TV to advocate on behalf of the

00:54president. For more on this story head to THR.com and until next time for The

00:58Hollywood Reporter News I'm Neha Joy.