Say this about him, House Benghazi Czar Trey Gowdy has a knack for getting reporters to give him good coverage no matter how absurd his claims. For instance, the Washington Post gave him an uncritical platform for his some more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger pushback against Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's public admission—or, really, bragging—that the Benghazi Committee's purpose is attacking Hillary Clinton. Gowdy's response is just precious:
“It’s tough,” he says after a moment. “People should go by what we’ve done. How many people have we interviewed? How many of those people have been named Clinton?”
This is where reporter Elise Viebeck could have gone back to something she herself wrote the very same day:
During his deposition, [Sidney] Blumenthal was asked more than 200 questions related to the Clintons, significantly more than about Benghazi. A source who was in the room said the first time the word “Benghazi” was uttered in a question to Blumenthal was at 6:30 p.m. The deposition began at 10:30 a.m.
They did not ask him about Benghazi, which is supposedly their entire focus, until eight hours into the interview. That is ... something of a tell.
Gowdy fancies himself a prosecutor, not an investigator, on Benghazi, and likes to talk a lot about his background as an actual prosecutor. Surely he knows that prosecutors don't only question the people they're trying to prosecute, but that the questions they ask other interviewees can tip their hand as to whom they are seeking to convict.
For that matter, selective leaks designed to attack one person (Hillary Clinton), and cancellation of hearings that are relevant to the official area of investigation (Benghazi) but not to the person the prosecutor is focusing on (Hillary Clinton) are another minor tell. So Gowdy might want to be more careful when he invites people to "go by what we've done." Because we know a few things about that.
Then again, this is a guy who voted against Sandy aid and is now doing a big media tour defending himself on Benghazi while his own state floods. The words vs. actions thing may not be his strong suit.he too was on morning joe and got the same walk of cotton ball questions but then again chuck todd told us it's his and obviously msnbc's protocol not to call republican guest out on their lies it's not their job. he claimed it was not about Hilary but that she just happened to be the SEC. STATE at the time of Benghazi.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/12/todd-admits-he-wont-ask-tough-questions-so
