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CTR statement on Gowdy ignoring statements from his own top lawyer

Representative Trey Gowdy, a Republican from South Carolina and chairman of the House Benghazi Committee, and other members of the committee listen to a question from a reporter after a closed interview with Bryan Pagliano, a former U.S. State Department employee, not pictured, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Pagliano, who reportedly assisted in work on Hillary Clinton's private e-mail when she was Secretary of State, asserted his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the Republican-led House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. — Correct The Record President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement in response to the release of a letter that shows Chairman Trey Gowdy has ignored his own chief counsel’s statements that “nothing could have affected what occurred in Benghazi.”

These revelations undermine a key element of the Republican talking points on the Benghazi tragedy. Chairman Gowdy’s decision to ignore his own top lawyer’s statements from January further reveal his partisan motivations and undermine the credibility of the Republican-led Benghazi Committee.

“The conclusions made by the former top GOP attorney are in line with the findings of the previous investigations: there was no wrongdoing done by the Obama Administration. It has become abundantly clear that this prolonged investigation has been nothing more than a political witch hunt to attack Secretary Hillary Clinton, at the expense of American taxpayers.

Brad Woodhouse, President of Correct The Record

See the full letter here and below:

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