House Democrats Intensify Criticism of Benghazi Committee's Motives
- Republican-led inquiry accused of targeting Hillary Clinton
- Committee spokesman says Democrats trying to shield Clinton
Representative Elijah Cummings speaks in Washington on June 24, 2015.
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House Democrats are sharpening their criticism of a Republican-led panel investigating the Benghazi attacks, accusing the committee of shifting its focus to instead politically target presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
In a report released Monday, Democrats on the committee sought to debunk what they called “wild” assertions about the former secretary of state’s handling of the 2012 attacks, including that she had ordered the military to stand down on the night a U.S. mission in Libya was overrun by extremists.