Hillary Clinton Will Testify Before Benghazi Panel in October

Mediaite.com:

Despite having already testified before Congress on the Benghazi attack, former Secretary of State and current 2016 presidential contender Hillary Clinton will testify before the Republican-led House committee sometime in October.

According to NBC News, the apparent date of the testimony is October 22, although neither the committee nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed this. All that’s known at this time is that the testimony, which will be public, will take place in October.

Despite her previous testimony, Clinton has come under scrutiny yet again, this time due to her use of a private email account. The Benghazi committee, chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina), subpoenaed these emails back in March and subsequently called upon Clinton to testify again.

Unsurprisingly, the whole thing has devolved into a political fight — especially since Clinton’s spotlight has recently grown due to her formal decision to enter the 2016 presidential race:

Republicans have seized upon revelations that Clinton chose to use a private email server, instead of a government one, and later deleted thousands of emails she said were not related to her work.

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Whether or not Clinton’s testimony will negatively affect her campaign remains to be seen, though you probably already have a pretty good guess about the matter. (The answer is “yes.”)

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