Subject: Benghazi/Confidential
From: Brent Budowsky <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:32:06 -0400

I spent a good deal of time yesterday and today making calls about a column
I might write for The Hill next Thursday, the day HRC testifies, calling for the
House Ethics Committee to investigate the House Benghazi Committee,
and calling on Trey Gowdy to recuse himself from the Ethics Committee or
voluntary leave the committee entirely.

In my inquiries, which only mentioned Gowdy to one person and were focused
on Ethics investigating Benghazi. every single person in the loop totally
clamped down and appeared almost afraid to discuss the subject.  I spent
many years working for Congressional leaders, know a great deal about how
these matters work, and am very ethical/careful to frame questions to sources
in ways they should be able to safely answer.

The responses I received were so non-responsive and the body language
of the answers seemed so nervous, that my personal opinion, with 75%
certainty but zero actual knowledge.....is that there is probably some form of
inquiry or investigation by Ethiics C'Tee of Benghazi C'tee already in progress.

I have no hard evidence of this, but  the responses were so eerily silent and
nervous I can think of no other reason to explain it.....Brent

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