I really hate to see Trey Gowdy leave....I think he is honest and persevering in his quest for the truth. I had really hoped he would have been appointed as AJ under Trump. He will be missed !

GOP Rep. Gowdy Remains '100 Percent Confident' in Mueller

Outgoing Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy expressed his ongoing confidence in the Justice Department and the special counsel despite "serious concerns with the FISA process."

The House Oversight chairman, who Wednesday announced he would retire at the end of his current term, also tweeted he remains "100 percent confident in special counsel Robert Mueller."

Gowdy was reacting to the memo released by the House Intelligence Committee that outlined what it called abuses of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications regarding surveillance on former campaign aide Carter Page.

Democrats, meanwhile, see the memo's release as a "charade" that will be used by President Donald Trump to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and oversees his work in the Russia investigation.