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).
