Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) accused the Department of State of repeated threats and intimidation against witnesses to last year’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. But when pressed by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace for examples, he could offer none.
Asked about a claim by a witness’s lawyer that whistle-blowers had been blocked from testifying (a claim rejected by the Department of State), Chaffetz said that “more than one” witness has indeed been “suppressed” by the Obama administration.WALLACE: Tell me–a direct threat, a direct act of intimidation against a potential witness?CHAFFETZ: Yes, and I think we’ll probably…WALLACE: Tell me one… tell what’s been said.CHAFFETZ: There are people, more than one, that have felt intimidation from the State Department.Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) quickly debunked his colleague: “There’ve been two attorneys involved here, the only reason they haven’t received information is that they haven’t asked for it yet… there has not been a request for documents from these attorneys to the State Department.”
sounds like somebody got over anxious and couldn't wait to try and besmear this admin. like the bringing back the Bengazi attack.
wish a few progressive millionaires would support financially an investigation into Cheyney/Bush war crimes. they want to talk about 4 being killed in Bengazi.
why isn't ISSA seeking info on 911 where that admin was guilty of what they are trying to make this admin guilty of, ignoring wanings over 3,000 dead athome and thousands more n Iraq and Afganistan, where's the out rage?
The only “retaliation,” Lynch noted, was that one of the witnesses wants a reassignment and a promotion and feels he’s being retaliated against because has not yet gotten the promotion.As Media Matters has previously noted, Victoria Toensing, the Republican attorney making the initial claims has been peddling Benghazi conspiracy theories for months, including a November Fox News op/ed in which she attempted to draw a link between the attack and the resignation of former CIA director David Petraeus.
smells awfully right wingish to me. they make accusations with no proof or foundation. like when they get caught and immeadiately cklai both sides do it. thats right in their versions.
