Posted on 10/09/2015 9:06:10 AM PDT by Kaslin
This story was more or less lost in the noise of yesterday's palace intrigue, but it's too important to simply let lie. Do yourself a favor and click through to Gowdy's letter before proceeding any further. Read the entire thing. It's extraordinary, on several levels: First, Gowdy summons his prosecutorial vigor to absolutely demolish the ranking Democrat on the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Democrats have seized upon erstwhile Speaker-in-waiting Kevin McCarthy's ill-advised comments to try to shut down the panel's probe -- a continuation of their ongoing, partisan efforts to dismiss its focus as a "phony scandal" and to portray the investigation as a political witch hunt. Gowdy has been unsparing in his rejection of McCarthy's since-abandoned characterization and unflagging in his defense of the committee's work. In response to Democrat Elijah Cummings' endless attacks and accusations, the South Carolina Republican drops the hammer:
Cummings, Gowdy continues, has been acting on duties "not to the American public, but to your Democrat colleagues and to the administration, including former Secretary Clinton," adding that he's disappointed in the Democrat's "complete lack of interest in gathering any facts." Again, read the whole thing. The letter goes on to ridicule Cummings for objecting to the release of some Clinton emails, noting that both Mrs. Clinton and Cummings himself have stated that all of the messages should be made public: "Only in Washington, DC can both the author of the emails and the ranking member of a committee call for the disclosure of all relevant emails and then complain that all relevant emails were disclosed." To put a finer point on it, Gowdy announces his intention to release another tranche of Hillary's emails pertaining to Benghazi and Libya. Several excerpts call into question the impartiality of the State Department's internal "Accountability Review Board" Benghazi investigation, but the biggest revelations expose the former Secretary of State's correspondence with Sidney Blumenthal. Mr. Blumenthal, you may recall, is a Clinton confidante whose ethical reputation is so suspect that the Obama administration barred Hillary from hiring him at State. But that didn't stop Hillary from relying on Blumenthal as an off-the-books purveyor of unvetted intelligence. The New York Times reported several months ago that Blumenthal's ongoing relationship with Sec. Clinton was highly unusual: He was on the payroll of the Clinton Foundation while feeding Hillary private intel, which was frequently colored by his own separate financial interests. The new batch of emails contains startling new details, summarized by the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes:
Breaking: #Benghazi Cmte says new documents show Sidney Blumenthal was seeking business in Libya & at least once Hillary Clinton helped him.— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 8, 2015
More from #Benghazi Cmte: HRC was not only soliciting info from Blumenthal, contrary to her claims, she was promoting his business interests— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 8, 2015
In one unsecure email from Blumenthal to Clinton, he appears to name a top CIA source in Libya. (Committee redacted this info). #Benghazi— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 8, 2015
Here's the relevant passage on the CIA asset:
Read this yesterday. Trey is the best! Godspeed on his investigation.
So charge Cummins with obstruction and arrest Hildabeast for her crimes.
We give Liberals "brutal" letters.
They give us brutal beatings.
If the most "brutal" thing we do to a Liberal is send them a letter that they will immediately laugh at and throw away, then there's no wonder why we lose.
Our side needs to completely change our paradigm.
Yeah, he’s a great talker, and a good writer. But a doer? Not so much.
Ohhhh weee a brutal letter...ohhh I bet they are shaking in their shoes /sarc
Oh noes!
Not a scathing letter!
Ooooh. A letter. I’m sure they are shaking in their boots. /s
Not a single investigation these idiots haven’t screwed up.
All you need to know about Congressman Cummings is that he represents and defends the worst kind of murderous, cop hating, low life, humanity in the killing fields of Baltimore, Maryland!!! End of story!!
It flummoxes me that there are good people who buy into this dog and pony show. Not only with Gowdy, but the whole system. It is all a farse designed to keep them employeed. The most pathetic part is we keep employing them with no penalty.
It's LONG overdue.
Said the "gentleman" from FL. Spit.
5.56mm
Trey Should look the camera in the face and say “I have a pen and a phone, and I know how to use them”
ooooooooohhhhhhh, we graduated to scathing letters. This with the show trials is such progress. At this rate, they’ll be wearing dunce caps by the year 2050.
Later
So what would have happened if Nixon were charged?
Oh wait. Nixon WAS PERSECUTED every day from August through his resignation years later!
Did you at least make your staffer type it loudly to show how mad you are?
Democrats are DEMOCRATS FIRST AND FOREMOST. When one of theirs is guilty of wrongdoing/criminality, they circle the wagons and protect them. By lying, cheating and other nefarious means, they have nearly destroyed this once great nation. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HOLD THESE CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE?? (that’s the best I can do for ‘angry letters’)
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