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The most honest moment of Hillary Clinton’s hearing before the House Select Committee on Benghazi came toward the end of its third hour.
During a testy back-and-forth with Clinton, Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas condemned her for lack of visible accountability in the State Department’s handling of security in Benghazi.
Later in the hearing, after the break, Pompeo would press Clinton on her relationship to Ambassador Christopher Stevens-who was killed in the attack-versus her relationship with Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime ally.
In a similarly long but fruitless exchange, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio indulged a whole host of breathless-and debunked-claims about Clinton’s involvement in Benghazi: that Clinton lied about protests, that she lied about the relevancy of an anti-Muslim video that had sparked an uproar in the Middle East, and that she attempted to cover up crucial information.
Before the hearing broke for its lunch break, Gowdy-after denying that the committee was a “Prosecution”-asked aggressive questions about Clinton and her relationship to Blumenthal: whether she solicited his advice, w he got his information on Libya, and why she passed his emails on to others.
By the fifth hour, committee members like Roskam were hitting Clinton for having a skilled press team.
Thanks to the committee, Clinton might escape a scandal, neutralize an attack, and enter the first major stretch of the presidential race with the wind at her back.