A Republican member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi said Tuesday the congressional investigation of the terror attack has only looked into Hillary Clinton’s activities because she was secretary of state in 2012.
“This isn’t about Hillary Clinton,” said Rep. Lynn Westmoreland on CNN’s “New Day” Tuesday morning.
The Georgia Republican disputed accusations of partisanship in his committee’s investigation, arguing the probe has included Clinton simply because she was responsible for security during the Sept. 11, 2012 raid on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi.
“It’s not our fault that she was secretary of state, and you know, if you go back and look, she is in charge of these diplomatic security facilities,” Westmoreland said. “So this isn’t about Hillary. She just happened to be there as secretary of state when this tragedy occurred.”
The Benghazi committee has faced intense pressure to justify its lengthy investigation after Democrats began heaping criticism on the probe ahead of Clinton’s public testimony, which is slated for Thursday.
“If John Kerry had been there, we’d be doing John Kerry,” Westmoreland said. “If Colin Powell, we would’ve been looking at Colin Powell.”
