Clinton Aide Huma Abedin's Benghazi Committee Hearing Sparks Feud
- Democrats questioning investigation as politically motivated
- Republicans on committee say their focus is on 2012 attack
Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arrives to testify at a hearing before the Select Committee on Benghazi at the Capitol on Oct. 16, 2015.
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A top Democrat on the House panel investigating the Benghazi attack said there was no need for the committee to interview long-time Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, calling the Republican-led inquiry politically motivated.
Republican lawmakers in turn defended bringing Abedin before the panel Friday, saying her role as a top aide to then-secretary of state Clinton made her testimony essential to learning more about the 2012 terror attack that left four Americans dead.