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x-Staffer Accuses Benghazi Committee Of Becoming Partisan Investigation Into Hillary Clinton
by Alex Griswold | 4:46 pm, October 10th, 2015
A former investigator for the House Select Committee on Benghazi tells CNN that the committee became a partisan investigation meant to target Hillary Clinton.
Major Bradley Podliska, an intelligence officer for the Air Force Reserve fired ten months ago, says that the investigation began as a nonpartisan inquiry into the September 11 attack on the Benghazi consulate. But Podliska claims the committee pulled funding from other lanes of inquiry and changed into a Clinton-focused investigation once they learned of the former Secretary of States private email server.
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 told CNN, in an interview set to air Sunday.
Podliska, who identifies as a conservative Republican, also plans to file a lawsuit against the committee alleging that he was improperly fired, both for protesting the committees Clinton focus and for taking time off to fulfill his military service obligations.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/ex-staffer-accuses-benghazi-committee-of-becoming-partisan-investigation-into-hillary-clinton/
BooScout
(10,406 posts)The GOP has essentially stolen taxpayers money.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)riversedge
(70,180 posts)on twitter IMHO
Eric Boehlert ?@EricBoehlert 5h5 hours ago
oh, the irony: turns out Gowdy's the one who's gonna have to lawyer up; http://cnn.it/1LG9YBe
Cha
(297,029 posts)riversedge
(70,180 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)I've been reading him for a long time.. don't do twitter but really glad you do!
BooScout
(10,406 posts)If I see someone posting good Hillary mojo I follow them.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)He wants to pin Benghazi on Hillary, but has no interest in the email stuff.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)don't care about Banghazi and are cynically using dead Americans as a political weapon,that alone will repulse enough voters that it may do them serious damage.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The Hillary Clinton witch hunt/star chamber huh?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The republicans wasted 4 million taxpayer dollars on a purely political hit job against Hillary.
There has to be many laws broken right there
DeepModem Mom
(38,402 posts)if there will be any consequences -- given GOP power-- but at least we, and history, know.
riversedge
(70,180 posts)and maybe in the short run it will put pressure on Gowdy (probably not) but this chap does not seem like the kind I would hang around with. Something about his--his words--. Listen to the video at the cnn story and the read the story if you have not already. I do not trust him.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/10/politics/benghazi-committee-investigation-political-hillary-clinton-brad-podliska-lawsuit/index.html
DeepModem Mom
(38,402 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,949 posts)Republicans should all resign - hand the House over to Nancy
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)DURHAM D
(32,607 posts)it will target Hillary.
riversedge
(70,180 posts)probably has a good case, yet IMHO he is not good for Hillary. His main point to find someone to blame and just based on his tone --his will go after Hillary. Yes he will .
riversedge
(70,180 posts)This is in reference to the fact that the WP has been silent on this issue (I do not recall them having and editorial about it)
TWEET
Mary K Molaski Retweeted your Retweet
5h: maybe NOW the Washington Post editorial page will tip-toe in and condemn the rank partisanship of the Benghazi Committee??
Cha
(297,029 posts)Thank you, su!
riversedge
(70,180 posts)Looks like the committee will be characterizing him as a disgruntled former employee.
Raw Story ?@RawStory 1h1 hour ago
Military investigator for Benghazi Committee says he was fired for not targeting Hillary http://ow.ly/Tg1Xn
Military investigator for GOP-led Benghazi Committee says he was fired for not concentrating on Hillary
Bethania Palma Markus
10 Oct 2015 at 18:30 ET
A former investigator for the House Select Committee on Benghazi and self-described conservative Republican has accused GOP members of the committee of leading an attack on Hillary Clinton, rather than an impartial fact-finding investigation, CNN reports.............................
Podliska was fired after 10 months as an investigator for the committee. He claims it was because he resisted pressure to exclusively probe Clinton and the State Departments role in the attack. He also alleges he was fired in part for taking time away to fulfill his duties with the Air Force, which would be an illegal cause for termination, CNN reports.
The committee has vigorously denied Podliskas allegations and responded with the following statement sent to CNN.
We are confident that the facts and evidence give no support to the wild imagination fueling these and any future allegations, and the Committee will vigorously defend itself against such allegations. The Committee will not be blackmailed into a monetary settlement for a false allegation made by a properly terminated former employee..................
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Those republicans. You just can't trust 'em with your money:
He said half the staff was "surfing the Web all day long" and said "there was plenty of drinking during the work day."
And while he was reprimanded for sharing an invitation to an event with his colleagues via work email, he said a group of staffers had set up a "gun buying club" for "chrome-plated, monogrammed Tiffany-style Glock nine millimeters" and that staffers would spend "hours at a time" designing the guns.
The committee spokesperson declined to address these allegations.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/10/politics/benghazi-committee-investigation-political-hillary-clinton-brad-podliska-lawsuit/index.html