Posted on 05/30/2014 1:49:20 PM PDT by Nachum
A House panel has canceled a June hearing with Secretary of State John Kerry and will no longer call him to testify.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., had planned to grill Kerry about the Sept. 12, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
But Issa, who had subpoenaed Kerry to appear, said he is "releasing him from the upcoming hearing commitment."
Issa said Kerry was using the Oversight hearing "as a shield" against cooperating with a newly created House select committee that has been empaneled to examine the Benghazi attack and the Obama administration's response to it.
“It’s been disappointing to watch a long serving former senator, like Secretary Kerry, squirm his way to what I'm doing today,” Issa said.
Last week, State Department officials told Issa that Kerry's testimony before the Oversight panel would "remove any need" for him to also participate in a hearing before the select committee
Issa said he made the decision with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
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The fix is in................
As I posted on Facebook today,
“Issa was CORRECT in doing this!!! Kerry said he would testify once and if he did before Issa, he would NOT testify before the new committee, that would have to be agreed to and part of the “deal” before Kerry would come before Darrell Issa... Issa saying no (releasing Kerry) allows for Trey Gowdy to call him. BRAVO Darrell Issa”
Kabuki Theater.
'Taking the Fifth' is about to become the norm in DC, and with NO repercussions for doing so.
Any American who trusts the corrupt GOP and
the long-corrupt Issa is a fool. A FOOL.
No loss, Issa has not and will not accomplish anything anyway and Kerry would only outsmart him.
Issa needs to be pulled. He’s a tool for the GOPe and the DC establishment and will do nothing.
Will Kerry be under oath when he testifies?
Definitely the right call.
Agree w/you both. Kerry actually has nothing to add to the testimony on this. He came into it late and IMO would only be a distraction.
Issa, I believe, would have been better off never having called Kerry....let the admin have its own little dichotomy going on-—pre and post Benghazi.
Issa's committees are where scandals go to die
Has issa ever accomplished anything of substance with his never-ending committee “investigations”? The guy is a tool.
He talks the talk but cannot walk the walk....................
Bingo! I would rather have Gowdy asking questions of Ketchup Boy than Darrell Issa.
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