Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi plan to publish the transcript of their interview with Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff.
Citing “selective leaks” that painted a misleading picture of Mills’ statements to the committee, panel Democrats argued the only way to “begin the process of correcting the public record” was to release the transcript.
Republican Chairman Trey Gowdy has said he wants to treat the entire interview as classified.
In a letter to Gowdy Monday, Democrats published excerpts of Mills’ testimony that they said debunked accusations against Clinton.
For example, the minority selected a part of the interview in which Mills refuted the notion that Clinton had asked the military to “stand down” rather than send help to the embattled diplomatic compound in Benghazi.
The Democrats said they planned to “unilaterally” release transcripts from interviews the committee has conducted with various witnesses despite Republicans’ consistent opposition to doing so on the grounds that publishing the transcripts would discourage future witnesses from being candid.
A Republican spokesman for the committee did not immediately return a request for comment.
