Gowdy: Benghazi Panel Will Call Clinton ‘At Least Twice’

The chairman of a House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, said Tuesday he will call former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to appear before his committee at least twice.

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said one appearance is needed to “clear up” Clinton’s role in using personal email to conduct official business as the nation’s top diplomat. The committee wants to establish that it has a complete record with respect to Clinton’s four-year tenure, Gowdy said.

The committee also plans to call Clinton to appear at a separate public hearing to answer questions specifically regarding Libya and the September 2012 attacks in Benghazi that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Smith and three other Americans, Gowdy said.

Gowdy said he was “left with more questions than answers” after Clinton’s news conference on the email controversy Tuesday in New York.

Gowdy said in a statement that “serious questions” remain about the security of the system Clinton employed, including who authorized the exclusive use of personal email, despite advice to the contrary from the State Department and the White House. Gowdy said he also wants to know who had access to a private server from the time Clinton left office until the emails were turned over to the State Department last year.

Gowdy called on Clinton to turn her server over to a neutral third party who could determine which documents should be public and which should remain private.

Clinton is considered the Democratic front-runner for president, although she has not declared her candidacy.

This article appeared in print on page 6 of the March 11th, 2015 edition of Hamodia.