Benghazi Chair To Clinton: This Investigation Is Not About You

House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on Benghazi. After months of buildup, Hillary Ro... House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on Benghazi. After months of buildup, Hillary Rodham Clinton finally takes center stage as the star witness in the Republican-led investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) MORE LESS

The chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi assured Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Thursday that the panel’s investigation was not about her.

In his opening statement at a high-stakes public hearing, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) addressed head-on recent suggestions from both Democrats and members of his own party that the committee was designed to target Clinton.

“Madam Secretary, I understand there are people, frankly, in both parties who have suggested that this investigation is about you,” Gowdy said. “Let me assure you it is not, and let me assure you why it is not.”

The chairman said the panel is focused on what happened before, during and after the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attacks that killed four Americans at compounds in Benghazi.

“Madam Secretary, not a single member of this committee signed up to investigate you or your email,” he added. “We signed up to investigate and therefore honor the lives of four people that we sent into a dangerous country to represent us. And to do everything we can to prevent it from happening to others.”

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  1. If you have to specifically point out that it’s not then it most likely is.

    Him saying that first thing makes it stupefyingly obvious.

  2. It’s not you. It’s me. I hate you.

  3. Caption for photo:

    KREDIBILLITY! I HAZ IT!

  4. Imagine if, as the towers fell and the Pentagon smoldered, Democrats demanded to know why the Bush administration let it happen. Imagine they called for an investigation. Just imagine.

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