Subject: CTR STATEMENT ON TREY GOWDY'S USE OF BENGHAZI AT POLITICAL EVENT
From: Adrienne Watson <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 13:32:19 -0400
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CTR STATEMENT ON TREY GOWDY’S USE OF BENGHAZI AT POLITICAL EVENT

*CORRECT THE RECORD STATEMENT ON **TREY GOWDY’S USE OF BENGHAZI AT
POLITICAL EVENT*

Washington, DC – Correct The Record released the following statement in
response to news that Trey Gowdy, Republican chairman of the Select
Committee on Benghazi, referenced the tragedy in Benghazi at a political
event.

Despite Gowdy’s claim in 2014 that he abstained from speaking at political
events about the tragedy that resulted in the deaths of four Americans,
Gowdy spoke
<http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/politics/local/story/2015/jun/07/winning-hearts-and-minds/308341/>
in Tennessee last weekend about his investigation into the Benghazi tragedy
at an event raising funds for the National Federation of Pachyderm Clubs,
which refers to itself “an official Allied organization of the RNC.”

 “Trey Gowdy’s mention at a political event of the Benghazi tragedy, while
disturbing, is unsurprising,” said Brad Woodhouse, President of Correct The
Record.  “Though Gowdy claims to want to conduct an unbiased investigation
and said he hadn’t sought a penny ‘on the backs of four murdered
Americans,’ his actions speak louder than words.  Trey Gowdy has
politicized his investigation to benefit Republicans, proving that his
Benghazi investigation is a political hit job against Hillary Clinton –
nothing more, nothing less.”

This isn’t the first time Gowdy’s investigation into Benghazi has been used
for fundraising purposes.  Last year, the Stop Hillary PAC requested
political donations with advertisements using Trey Gowdy’s name, image, and
position as Chairman of the Benghazi Select Committee.

Millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on multiple reviews and
investigations looking into the tragedy in Benghazi, and nothing
incriminating has been found. Ten congressional committees have
participated in the investigations into the Benghazi tragedy,
which have included more than 50 senior level staff briefings, over
twenty hearings, five independent/bipartisan reports, dozens of interviews,
and the disclosure of at least 40,000 pages of documents.

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