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Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2015

Orlando area Rep. Alan Grayson has filed an ethics complaint against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy of violating “federal law and House rules by using funds appropriated to the Select Committee on Benghazi to oppose the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Grayson says the committee has misused $4.5 million in “an unscrupulous attack […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday lashed out at the special House committee investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, calling it a partisan political exercise designed to “exploit” the deaths of four Americans. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s recent comments that the Benghazi panel can take credit for her diminished public standing prove Republicans are […]

Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2015

Last month Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson bashed his chief rival for the Democratic nomination for Senate, Patrick Murphy, for being one of just seven U.S. House Democrats who voted to create the Benghazi Select Committee. But after Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy admitted on Fox News this week that the committee’s work had done its job in weakening Hillary Clinton‘s […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2015

South Carolina U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy didn’t attend a fundraiser for Marco Rubio at the home of Harlan Crow and wife, Kathy, in Highland Park, Texas, Tuesday night. Gowdy, best known as being chairman of the Special Select Committee on Benghazi, said in the spring that he wouldn’t be using his committee to raise money because he […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2015

A majority of voters think Republican U.S. Trey Gowdy’s Benghazi probe is more about damaging Hillary Clinton than trying to uncover why Ambassador Chris Stevens was slain in Libya, a national survey commissioned by Hillary Clinton supporters contends. It also contends that a majority of voters think Jeb Bush should turn over his e-mail server from […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 12, 2015

Marco Rubio brings his vision of a “New American Century” to Texas next week with a high-profile fundraiser reception in the exclusive Dallas suburb of Highland Park. Real-estate investor Harlan Crow and his wife Kathy will present the $2,000-per-couple event, scheduled for Tuesday, September 22. Host reception begins at 6:30 p.m.; general reception is at […]

Mitch PerryAugust 12, 2015

According to a Monmouth University poll released on Wednesday, 52 percent of voters say Hillary Clintons emails should be subject to a criminal investigation for potential release of classified material. The survey was conducted before news broke on Tuesday night that Clinton herself had turned over to the government her personal email server and USB thumb drives […]

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Alan Grayson files ethic complaint against Kevin McCarthy and Trey Gowdy over Benghazi committee

Hillary Clinton slams Benghazi committee in TV interview, ad

Alan Grayson again blasts Patrick Murphy for supporting Benghazi investigation

Marco Rubio campaign says Trey Gowdy canceled Texas fundraising event “weeks ago”

Majority of voters think Hillary Clinton email story politically driven, survey finds

Marco Rubio to hold major fundraiser Sept. 22 in affluent Dallas suburb

Poll says majority support criminal investigation of Hillary Clintons emails