WASHINGTON (AP) — A close aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton is testifying before the House panel investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Huma Abedin is a longtime Clinton confidante and staffer. She’s meeting behind closed doors with investigators Friday. Clinton herself is scheduled to appear before the Benghazi panel next Thursday in a widely anticipated public hearing.
The Benghazi panel is under intense scrutiny after two House Republicans described it as partisan and aimed at hurting Clinton’s presidential bid. That’s a characterization the committee’s chairman rejects.
Abedin is vice chairwoman of Clinton’s campaign and was a top aide when Clinton served as secretary of state and U.S. senator from New York.
The panel interviewed Clinton aides Cheryl Mills and Jake Sullivan last month.
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