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).
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.
This will blow up in the faces. Easy bet. Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know answers to.
And how many millions will be wasted finding out what we already know?
Benghazi Select sounds like a really terrible wine.
Boycott. Let the Nutters mutter to themselves about conspiracy theories.