Gowdy Unsure Committee Learned Anything From Clinton Testimony

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, talks to the media after Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified on Capitol Hill in ... Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, talks to the media after Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Behind Gowdy are members of the House Select Committee on Benghazi from left, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., Gowdy, Rep. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., and Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), the chair of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, struggled on Thursday night to explain what new information the panel received from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony.

During a press conference after the 11-hour hearing with Clinton, a reporter asked Gowdy what new information he gathered.

“Uhh–” Gowdy said, pausing before launching into his response.

“I think some of Jimmy Jordan’s questioning — well, when you say new today, we knew some of that already. We knew about the emails,” he said. “In terms of her testimony? I don’t know that she testified that much differently today than she has the previous time she testified.”

Earlier in the press conference, when asked to name the most revelatory piece of information revealed in the hearing, Gowdy said “everybody’s going to have their own perspective on that.”

He then said that during the hearing, members asked Clinton about security incidents and requests, noting that Clinton said she had staffers in charge of dealing with those issues. He then said that Clinton did not have people and processes in place for every issue related to foreign consulates.

Watch part of Gowdy’s post-hearing comments:

H/t Mediaite

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  1. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Gowdy Unsure Committee Learned Anything From Clinton Testimony

    Certainly ®s must’ve learned that they have no sense of shame.
    They trotted out a dead horse-- and beat it for 11 hours, publicly.

    What any objective observer learned was that Thursday’s sham
    was a distinct marker on the timeline of the demise of the ® party.
    The day that ®s finally lost their decades-long battle against all things Clinton.

    jw1

  2.   I don't know that she testified that much differently today than she has the previous time she testified.
    

    It was a waste of time then?

  3. A waste of time and money except to watch how well Clinton stood up to a barrage of accusation and questions, kept her cool, and had an amazing recall of persons and events ( realize she had notes). She came well prepared and furthered her presidential ambitions.

  4. " I don’t know that she testified that much differently today than she has the previous time she testified."
    I DEMAND ANOTHER HEARING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS !!!11!!!

  5. I was surprised we didn’t hear Vince Foster or Whitewater mentioned

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