Republicans and Democrats are “fighting over which side is truly a friend of openness in the latest House GOP-led probe of the 2012 attack in Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.” National Journal,
In the latest move, Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi are seeking to boost political pressure on Republicans to release Sidney Blumenthal’s recent closed-door deposition before the panel…
Democrats are objecting to Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy’s recent release of Blumenthal’s emails without the deposition transcript, arguing that the transcript would provide needed background and context. Their new letter says they have a right to “insist” on a vote…
And Gowdy, for his part, has repeatedly in recent days said that it’s the State Department and Democrats that are lacking in the transparency department…
Gowdy wants to know whether State had them but did not produce them in response to earlier document requests or whether they weren’t provided by Clinton when she turned over emails from her private server to State late last year.
