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House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks with the news media following Bryan Pagliano, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's IT analyst during her tenure as Secretary of State, app... House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks with the news media following Bryan Pagliano, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's IT analyst during her tenure as Secretary of State, appearance before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Pagliano invoked his Fifth Amendment right. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) MORE LESS
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Catherine Thompson just updated us on the latest stumble for Rep. Trey Gowdy and his laughable Benghazi committee. Now he’s had to return donations tied to the PAC that ran that anti-Hillary ad with Chris Stevens’ tombstone. Dan Backer ran Gowdy’s own leadership PAC until Gowdy got the Benghazi gig and then left for StopHillaryPac (See the article linked above for the details). So look what turns up in our inbox when you search the StopHillaryPac email and Gowdy’s name. Image after the jump.

Definitely, arms length.

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