Hillary Clinton should turn over her entire server, not just the 300 emails released by the State Department, the top Republican investigating the terrorist attacks on Benghazi said Friday.
House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., repeated his demand for Clinton to hand over the private server she used while she was secretary of state to his committee, which is investigating the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Gowdy said the 300 emails released today were selected by Clinton’s lawyers who are working to protect her.
“To assume a self-selected public record is complete, when no one with a duty or responsibility to the public had the ability to take part in the selection, requires a leap in logic no impartial reviewer should be required to make and strains credibility,” Gowdy said Friday.
Gowdy has been engaged in tense negotiations with Clinton over the emails, and also over when she’ll appear before the Benghazi panel to testify about her leadership before, during and after the attacks, which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Gowdy said the panel needs more information, including thousands more emails from Clinton’s private server, before he’ll schedule her testimony.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the top Democrat on the Benghazi panel, said the 300 emails are enough to provide a complete picture of Clinton’s role in responding to the Benghazi attack.
Cummings pointed out that Democrats demanded the public release of the emails in March. Now that the emails are available, Cummings said, Clinton should be allowed to testify.
“The Select Committee should schedule Secretary Clinton’s public testimony now and stop wasting taxpayer money dragging out this political charade to harm Secretary Clinton’s bid for president,” Cummings said.
