US House Eyes BO 'Cover-Up' on Benghazi -Boehner Announces Special Committee to Probe Attack

Garth Kant / WND

WASHINGTON — Congress is suddenly serious about getting to the bottom of the Benghazi scandal.

House Speaker John Boehner has finally agreed to a longstanding demand by fellow GOP lawmakers to convene a select committee to investigate the attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, on Sept. 11, 2012.

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., a strong critic of the administration’s handling of the Benghazi attack and its aftermath, is considered a leading candidate to chair the committee.

WND interviewed Rep. Frank Wolf numerous times about his frustration in getting Boehner to agree to convene just this committee.

Wolf, whose 17-term tenure extends back to Ronald Reagan’s 1980 victory, created a House Resolution last year to convene a select committee to get to the bottom on Benghazi that was so popular with his fellow ran-and-file Republicans it had 164 gained signatures last August.

But Boehner steadfastly refused to form the committee, publicly saying it might hamper the five committee investigations underway. However,some suspected he and other top Republicans might have been covering for themselves, after reportedly being secretly briefed on arms transfers from Benghazi to Syrian rebels, done without congressional approval.

The speaker reportedly did an about-face and decided to allow the committee to convene after a lawsuit by Judicial Watch forced the Obama administration to release a “smoking gun” email.

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