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The Trey Gowdy Podcast

Q & Trey: Can the President Bypass Congress?

The Trey Gowdy Podcast

FOX News Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics, Society & Culture

4.76.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Does the President have the power to pay federal workers during a shutdown? Trey dissects the limits of executive power and law. He also answers the common question of whether he would ever serve as U.S. Attorney General and follows up on his critique of UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s behavior following the South Carolina Gamecocks' recent NCAA Final Four victory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Trey. Thank you for joining us for a Thursday edition of our podcast.

0:24.6

By the time you hear this, perhaps the first folks would have teed off at Augusta National.

0:31.1

Not that I mark time based on sporting events, but it's still true.

0:36.0

It's Thursday of my favorite golf tournament and also

0:40.8

look forward to Thursdays because it's the one day a week that I actually think at all.

0:48.8

And I have y'all to thank for that because you ask me questions. I try really hard the other

0:53.8

six days out of the week. There are six other days, right me questions. I try really hard the other six days out of the

0:54.7

week. There are six other days, right? Yeah. I try really hard the other six days not to think. So I save

1:02.3

it all up for this. Well, we've got some great questions today, and you're right. The Masters is starting,

1:07.5

so it'll be here by the time people are listening. That's true, yes.

1:13.5

And weather looks great.

1:15.9

I've got a lot of friends heading down that way.

1:19.4

I will not be heading there this year, but I'll be watching a lot of it.

1:24.7

Actually, I have a friend coming to town.

1:26.6

So we'll play a little bit golf, and then we'll watch the masters in the evenings.

1:30.4

That sounds like a great plan. Well, we'll get started on these great questions. Thank you all for sending them our way.

1:36.0

We'll start with Wolfgang, who has a cool name, who writes, with the government shutdown, why isn't Trump able to sign an executive order to get workers paid?

1:46.8

Wouldn't Mozart's name Wolfgang?

1:49.3

I think it was.

1:50.7

Wasn't it Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

1:53.2

Mm-hmm.

1:54.2

I like that name, too.

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