Everyone Started Yelling Right Before The Benghazi Committee Broke For Lunch. Here’s Why:

[UCmeNdc]

Three hours into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi Thursday, things got heated.

Clinton remained calm and collected throughout the morning portion of the hearing, but shortly before the lunch break, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) confronted Committee Chairman Trent Gowdy (R-SC), alleging he lied this past weekend on national TV when he said that he has “zero interest” in investigating Clinton’s emails or activities of the Clinton Foundation. According to Cummings, Gowdy subpoenaed Clinton adviser Sydney Blumenthal and then both directly asked and directed his staff to ask about the Clinton Foundation and other non-Benghazi related topics during the private deposition.

“You’ve made several inaccurate statements over the past months as you’ve tried to defend against multiple Republican admissions that the select committee has been wasting millions of tax dollars to damage Secretary Clinton’s bid for president,” Cummings said, growing angry during his exchange with Gowdy.

“Mr. Chairman you personally attended Mr. Blumenthal’s deposition,” Cummings later continued. “You personally asked him about the Clinton Foundation. And you personally directed your staff to ask questions about Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, which they did more than 50 times. Now, these facts directly contradict the statements you made on national television.”

Cummings requested that Gowdy release the full transcript of the Blumenthal deposition, to approving nods from Clinton. “We’re not going to take that up at a hearing,” Gowdy responded.

Cummings again insisted the Committee members have a right to vote on the motion to release the transcript, but Gowdy refused to hold a vote Thursday.


Watch the exchange:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/22/3715202/benghazi-gowdy-cummings/





No wonder why Gowdy kept talking over Cummings. He did not want to let this fact go on the record.

[BooScout]

1. Gowdy is a sweaty little weasel...

He needs to be prosecuted for defrauding American taxpayers.

[HelenWheels]

16. Gowdy belongs in the Ozarks

plunking on his banjo.

[DinahMoeHum]

2. I was waiting for Draco Malfoy...eh...Trey Gowdy. . .

. . .call Hillary Clinton a filthy little mudblood.

[onecent]

3. WHO IN THE HELL ARE THESE DISGUSTING PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERROGATING

MRS. CLIONTON. They are horrible...esp that snootty woman from indiana....

I can only imagine her sitting on a toilet taking a shit

[olegramps]

7. She is what you put in the toilet. No imagination required.

[George II]

8. The "she" you're referring to is the congresswoman, correct?

[onecent]

17. yep old sourpuss from Indiana....OMG Ashamed to say I was born in Indiana....

[Fla Dem]

15. Here you go...........

She's Susan Brooks, actually a pretty accomplished woman. However, that doesn't mean she isn't a complete a--hole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Brooks


Republicans

Trey Gowdy, Chairman (SC-04)

Susan Brooks (IN-05)

Jim Jordan (OH-04)

Mike Pompeo (KS-04)

Martha Roby (AL-02)

Peter Roskam (IL-06)

Lynn Westmoreland (GA-03)

Democrats

Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member (MD-07)

Adam Smith (WA-09)

Adam Schiff (CA-28)

Linda Sanchez (CA-38)

Tammy Duckworth (IL-08

[onecent]

18. I mean she has her, "I'm going to destroy you face" on

before she even sits down.

We have such a wonderful congress
no matter demo or rep....makes no difference...

more crooks are interrogating Mrs. Clinton that We all KNOW.. that's for dam sure.

[Overseas]

4. K&R.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

5. Here's the video

[Agschmid]

6. Thx.

[George II]

9. I believe they ultimately took that vote, right after they returned from their lunch break, which...

...is probably why that break was so short (I don't think it was even an hour). I was surprised they were back so fast, and they were halfway through their vote when I put it back on.

It failed with all republicans voting no, all Democrats voting yes to release the transcript.

I'm sure they rushed back so they could get the vote over and done before anyone realized.

[kelliekat44]

10. Time for Anonymous - Wikileaks to release all the transcripts. I bet they can. nt

[SunSeeker]

11. The MSM just reported it as "bickering" rather than explaining what the shouting was about.

I did not even know the GOP voted not to release the Blumenthal transcript. Thanks for the post.

[Historic NY]

12. Gowdy was moving beyond the scope of the hearing with the witness..

I believe there could be legal consequences. Now that its on the record.

[William769]

13. Kick & recommended.

[Sivart]

19. At some point....

At some point.....not sure if during the hearing or out in the hall during a break......Cummings said it plain as could be - They do not want to release the full transcripts NOT because of what the witness(es) said, but because of the questions they were asked.

The republicans do not want us to see what they were asking about / hunting for.