Hillary Clinton to Testify Later This Month

Hillary has said all along that she would gladly testify and prefers to do so publicly.

Hillary Clinton Offers to Appear Soon, but Once, Before House Panel on Benghazi

Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at Columbia University last week. Credit Michael Appleton for The New York Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lawyer told the congressional committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi that she would testify before it only once, and that she was willing to do so this month.

The committee’s chairman, Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, has said that he wants Mrs. Clinton to testify before it twice – once about the attacks and again about how she used a personal email account to conduct government business when she was secretary of state.

But Mrs. Clinton’s lawyer, David Kendall, said there was “no basis, logic or precedent for such an unusual request.”

“The secretary is fully prepared to stay for the duration of the committee’s questions on the day she appears,” Mr. Kendall said, adding that Mrs. Clinton was prepared to testify the week of May 18 or later.

Read more >>>>