In May, the New York Times published a number of emails between former Clinton White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that were sent to the very unofficial address “hrod17@clintonemail.com.” The emails, uncovered by Judicial Watch, showed Blumenthal advising Clinton on Libya around the time of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed four Americans. The House Benghazi panel subpoenaed Blumenthal to testify in June.
Blumenthal appeared before a closed-door session of the committee today, as did Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), former House Oversight Chairman. Issa’s impromptu visit lasted only about a minute or so though, reports The Hill’s Martin Matishak.
Aaaand @DarrellIssa just walked into the #Benghazi deposition of Sidney Blumenthal.
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) June 16, 2015
.@DarrellIssa was in #Benghazi depo less than a minute. @TGowdySC escorted him out.
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) June 16, 2015
#Benghazi chair re-enters Blumenthal deposition after escorting Issa out: "Sorry, about that."
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) June 16, 2015
Issa stormed off in a huff after Gowdy escorted him out. Slammed an empty soda can into the nearest trash can. With authority, as they say.
— Martin Matishak (@martinmatishak) June 16, 2015
.@DarrellIssa enters Sidney Blumenthal deposition, pulls @TGowdySC into hallway. Brief chat ensues. Gowdy returns, apologizes. #playbyplay
— John R Parkinson (@jparkABC) June 16, 2015
It seems Gowdy gave Issa the…
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(⌐■_■)Stand down order.
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 16, 2015
Matishak reports further:
Gowdy said it was “noteworthy” that no congressional inquiry into the deadly 2012 siege at a U.S. compound in Libya had uncovered the memos between Blumenthal and the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, including the roughly 60 Blumenthal produced late last week.
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#Benghazi Cmte chair Gowdy on new Blumenthal emails: Clearly the committee should have gotten this information sooner
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 16, 2015
"Clearly the committee should have gotten this information sooner," says @TGowdySC before #Benghazi hearing http://t.co/KkUlwa7NAS
— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) June 16, 2015
We’d still like an answer to Monica Crowley’s question asked back in May: “What was the Clintons’ hatchet man really doing?” Is today the day we find out?
Update: Here’s some Zapruder-looking footage of the encounter from NBC’s Frank Thorp.
Rep Issa (R-CA) walks into Benghazi Cmte deposition of Sid Blumenthal. 30 seconds later Gowdy walks him out. https://t.co/Qyc5mYGvQQ
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 16, 2015
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