Ex-Benghazi investigator under fire for saying U.S. panel targeted Clinton
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Ex-Benghazi investigator under fire for saying U.S. panel targeted Clinton
Claims by a former investigator for the House of Representatives Select Committee on Benghazi, who accused the Republican-led panel of targeting Democrat Hillary Clinton to scupper her presidential bid, have been dismissed by the chairman of the panel as “salacious allegations” Clinton, who leads the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, was secretary of state at the time of the attack in the Libyan city in 2012 that left a US ambassador and three other Americans dead. Major Bradley Podliska is preparing to file a federal lawsuit against the House Select Committee on Benghazi next month, saying in a television interview that he was fired from his role as an investigator because he opposed the panel’s “partisan investigation.”
One month ago, this staffer had a chance to bare his soul, and raise his claim this committee was focused on secretary Clinton in a legal document, not an interview, and he did not do it.
Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, the committee chairman
However Gowdy, says he fired a staffer for mishandling classified information, among other causes and denying claims of a politically motivated witch hunt. He also said Podliska had not mentioned Clinton over the course of an ongoing legal mediation regarding his firing in late June and was let go in part due his own improper focus on Clinton and other Obama administration figures.
I cannot say it any plainer than stating the facts: the Benghazi committee is not focused on secretary Clinton, and to the extent we have given any attention to Clinton, it is because she was secretary of state at all relevant times covered by this committee’s jurisdiction.
Gowdy
