Gowdy Responds To Fired Benghazi Committee Staffer’s Claims That Investigation Is ‘Partisan’

http://newsl.org ^ | October 11, 2015

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A former Benghazi Committee staffer who says he was fired, in part, because he complained about a “partisan investigation” aimed at former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton had ample opportunity to raise his concerns over the past few month but did so only recently in order to help his forthcoming lawsuit, according to committee chairman Trey Gowdy.

“I was fired for going on military service and I was fired for trying to conduct an objective, non-partisan, thorough investigation,” the staffer, Bradley Podliska, told CNN in an interview that aired Sunday.

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In a lawsuit to be filed next month, Podliska, an intelligence officer in the Air Force Reserve, claims his firing in June came after he questioned the committee’s focus on Clinton and because he requested a 39-day leave fulfill his military service requirements in Germany.

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But Podliska, who began working for the committee as an intelligence investigator in Sept. 2014, only brought up the Clinton angle on Friday when he granted interviews to CNN and The New York Times to discuss his lawsuit against the committee, according to Gowdy.

“Until his Friday conversations with media, this staffer has never mentioned Secretary Clinton as a cause of his termination, and he did not cite Clinton’s name in a legally mandated mediation,” Gowdy said, adding that Podliska has not produced “documentary proof” that his termination was tied to the focus on Clinton.

Podliska’s claims have served as fodder for the Clinton campaign which has asserted that Gowdy’s investigation is politically-motivated. Those accusations gained steam earlier this month when House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy praised the committee’s work for contributing to Clinton’s slide in the polls.

In his interviews, Podliska said that after the discovery of Clinton’s off-the-books email server in early March, the committee resources were diverted away from a comprehensive investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi to focusing more on Clinton.

He also requested leave to complete reserve duties in Germany — an announcement that Podliska claims caused resentment among his colleagues and superiors.

With the discovery of Clinton’s mysterious email system, the investigation deemphasized “the other agencies that were involved in the Benghazi attacks and the aftermath of the attacks,” said Podliska.

“I knew that we needed to get to the truth to the victims’ families. And the victims’ families, they deserve the truth — whether or not Hillary Clinton was involved, whether or not other individuals were involved,” Podliska, an intelligence officer in the Air Force Reserve, told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

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Smart Ass!

but I'd expect nothing less from anyone on the MI Ping list.

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Sure they would Dave, but it would have been a Совершенно секретно оформление

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TG is a horse’s ass. All his huffin and puffin hasn’t RESULTED in anything tangible! Except make himself look good at barking at liberals. He reminds me of a young Lindsey Graham who also started in the House as a ‘big talker’ against Clinton, and actually went on to become the Chief House Prosecutor in the Clinton Impeachment Hearings. The guy wanted to make a ‘name’ for himself and that’s it.

If TG .... EVER....comes to getting anything ACCOMPLISHED....like a ‘criminal indictment’ of an IRS official...then I’ll change my mind. Until then, the guy is looking nothing more than to seek the Senate seat in his state at some point.