State Dept. Won’t Confirm Key Claim Made by Clinton During Benghazi Testimony

Political experts mostly agreed that the Benghazi hearings actually helped Clinton’s reputation rather than damage it. According to CNN, a source close to Clinton said her campaign team was “ecstatic” with the outcome of the hearings. “I want to go further, but I think the real point of this election is whether or not the Republicans are going to be able to turn the clock back and rip away the progress that has been made”. “Did you have any in-person briefings? Note it for the record”.

Taking another victory lap, said she welcomed a “good conversation where people come to the table ready to actually learn about what we can do” but added, ” I’m afraid that’s, you know, not necessarily what this particular committee is doing”. The Atlantic collected a number of conservative writers, pundits, and thinkers complimenting Clinton on her performance-although to be fair, a few of those mentions condemn House Republicans more than they applaud Clinton.

“I did not sleep all night”.

Roby grilled Clinton throughout the hearing.

“I’m sorry it doesn’t fit your narrative, congressman”, Clinton said in response. Clinton explained that after the attack, what exactly had happened was unclear, and she did her best to update the American people as more information was obtained. The Democratic presidential front-runner responded that the State Department already “had between 90 and 95 percent of all [her] work-related emails” in its system even before she gave the department 54,000 pages of messages last December. We’ve got to get that reconciled… the ultimate objective is to avoid the next Benghazi.

Gowdy continued, “I have not heard anyone other than you ever cite that figure”.

“So did she cooperate in answering the question?”

The hearing ended at 9 p.m., a few 11 hours after it began, with a few of the fiercest arguments of the day as Clinton and the House Benghazi Committee’s Republican chairman fought over the private email account she maintained as President Barack Obama’s chief diplomat.

Chuck Schumer of New York, who runs political messaging for Senate Democrats on a conference call with reporters.

The large bases of small donors that she and Sanders have built are helping the Democrats bring in millions more than their GOP counterparts, many of whom are leaning more heavily on the support of big-money super PACs, which can not directly coordinate with their campaigns.

As the afternoon session got underway, Gowdy indulged in a show trial, calling for a vote on whether to make the transcripts public.