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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow long before the GOP calls for a Special Prosecutor to investigate Benghazi-gate?
One week?
A month?
You know its coming....
yup
still_one
(92,197 posts)approval
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)quinnox
(20,600 posts)call me a nervous nellie, but I don't want to see this intensify into a full blown scandal.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)Like two days ago:
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)So no special prosecutor.
jpak
(41,758 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)mick063
(2,424 posts)I suppose not.
Anyway, this is how history will similarly frame Benghazi.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Like McCarthy, they have no shame.
spanone
(135,838 posts)Louie Louie
While Senate Republicans call for a Watergate-style special joint committee to probe the administrations failure to prevent American deaths in Benghazi, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is advocating another tactic employed in the famous scandal: the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate.
Backed by a 100,000-signature petition presented by conservative military organization Special Operations Speaks, Gohmert made his case at a Thursday press conference outside the Capitol.
We need to know when the commander-in-chief became aware that the people that were dying under his command were actually out there needing help. We need to have answers, he said.
Famously, Congress appointed Archibald Cox as special independent prosecutor in the Watergate scandal. Since then, the statute governing such appointments has expired, but Gohmert noted that the move was still possible in cases with suspected conflicts of interest.
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/11/16/gohmert-calls-for-a-special-prosecutor-to-investigate-benghazi/
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)They can call for one all they want.
Just like I can call for a team of special foot masseuses.
But, it's not going to happen.