The best way to answer all questions related to the attacks in Benghazi continues to be having access to the full public record, not a 'record' controlled, possessed and screened exclusively by Secretary Clinton's personal lawyers. Trey Gowdy More Quotes by Trey Gowdy More Quotes From Trey Gowdy Once again the Benghazi Committee uncovers information that should already be part of the public record but was not made available to the American people or congressional investigators, for that reason, the committee has made the decision to release the latest set of Clinton's public records unearthed by the committee. Trey Gowdy politics I fail to see how we're playing politics by talking to someone who sent a large number of memos to the top diplomat we had during the relevant time period. Trey Gowdy politics Not only was [Blumenthal] providing unvetted, uncorroborated, unsubstantiated intelligence to our top diplomat, he was just simply forwarding on intelligence that somebody by the name of Tyler Drumheller was sending him, he didn’t know if the sources were legitimate, he didn’t know whether or not the information had been corroborated. He was merely a conduit between somebody who may have had a financial interest in Libya and our nation’s top diplomat. Trey Gowdy politics Secondarily, she used the word unsolicited, megyn, when these emails are released, I want you to count the number of times she says. Trey Gowdy politics The legislative branch’s constitutional toolbox seems inadequate to uphold out task in seeking the truth. Trey Gowdy latest-headlines While our investigatory approach has uncovered new witnesses, new documents, new facts and will result in the most detailed and complete accounting of what happened in Benghazi, the frustration that some feel at not seeing the work unfold on television or reading about new discoveries in print is understandable, the approach we are taking, while short on drama, aims to discover all of the relevant facts and to be long on credibility when the final report is written. Trey Gowdy politics That assumes the report would be critical of [Clinton] and I don’t make that assumption because we’re still in the process of gathering facts. Trey Gowdy latest-headlines Secretary Clinton's decision to seek the presidency of the United States does not and will not impact the work of the committee. We have said all along we need to ensure we have her complete record. Trey Gowdy politics The committee has Mr. Kendall's letter under advisement and will issue a response tomorrow setting out a reasonable path forward with respect to Secretary Clinton's appearances to discuss both Benghazi as well as congressional efforts to ensure the public record is complete with respect to her tenure as Secretary of State. Trey Gowdy politics If the committee had called former Secretary Clinton when Democrats and her attorney first encouraged us to, the committee would not have had possession of the 300 emails we now have or known about her exclusive use of a personal server and email account to conduct official business. Trey Gowdy politics I don't want it to be 2016. Trey Gowdy politics I never say what the priority is; it's all a priority. Trey Gowdy politics This Committee is left with no alternative but to request Secretary Clinton appear before this Committee for a transcribed interview to better understand decisions the Secretary made relevant to the creation, maintenance, retention, and ultimately deletion of public records. Trey Gowdy top-news While it is not clear precisely when Secretary Clinton decided to permanently delete all emails from her server, it appears she made the decision after October 28, 2014, when the Department of State for the first time asked the secretary to return her public record to the Department, not only was the secretary the sole arbiter of what was a public record, she also summarily decided to delete all emails from her server ensuring no one could check behind her analysis in the public interest. Trey Gowdy politics An independent analysis of the private server Secretary Clinton used for the official conduct of U.S. government business is the best way to remove politics and personal consideration from the equation, having a neutral, third-party arbiter such as the State Department IG do a forensic analysis and document review is an eminently fair and reasonable means to determine what should be made public. Trey Gowdy politics Her arrangement places her as the sole arbiter of what she considers private and what is beyond the view of the public. Trey Gowdy politics The responsible thing to do is to ask her and ask the State Department to produce a copy of it. And if she did not sign it, ask her why she did not sign it. And if she did sign it, we'll go over the document with her. Trey Gowdy latest-headlines I just can't trust her lawyers to make the determination that the public is getting everything they're entitled to. Trey Gowdy most-read-articles But who gets to decide what's personal and what's public? And if it's a mixed-use email and lots of emails we get in life are both personal and some work, I just can't trust her lawyers to make the determination that the public is getting everything they're entitled to. Trey Gowdy top-news She said she went through and produced all public information -- and I am not in the habit of accusing people of being untruthful unless I have evidence to the contrary -- but she's essentially asking us to take her word for it. Trey Gowdy top-news
