Benghazi Select Committee Will Have 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats

In this Dec. 12, 2013, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio rebukes conservative groups who oppose the pending bipartisan budget compromise struck by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and S... In this Dec. 12, 2013, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio rebukes conservative groups who oppose the pending bipartisan budget compromise struck by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican establishment’s much-anticipated pushback against the tea party wing is underway. Boehner made that clear, when he renewed his earlier denunciation of groups that try to defeat GOP incumbents they consider too willing to compromise with Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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The soon-to-be-formed select committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks will have 7 Republican members and 5 Democratic members, a senior GOP leadership aide confirmed to TPM on Tuesday afternoon.

That means Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) will reject a request by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that the panel be evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats in order to be “fair.”

Democrats are considering boycotting the committee out of concerns that it will be a politically-motivated exercise, although they haven’t made any decisions yet.

The panel will be led by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC).

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  1. BOYCOTT IT!!! Fucking kangaroo court show trial nonsense!!!

    Yes, the GOP/Teatrolls will use it against the Dems that they refused to sit on the committee, but this is completely ridiculous and way too blatant to even need a fucking explanation.

  2. This will blow up in the faces. Easy bet. Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know answers to.

  3. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    And how many millions will be wasted finding out what we already know?

  4. Benghazi Select sounds like a really terrible wine.

  5. Boycott. Let the Nutters mutter to themselves about conspiracy theories.

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