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Benghazi panel to interview more of Clinton’s inner circle

Former Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Cheryl Mills, right, turns to look at House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., second from left, and ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., left, as she speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, following her deposition before the panel investigating Benghazi. The committee was launched last year to investigate the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. The investigation has widened in recent months to focus on Clinton's use of a private email account and server. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Former Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Cheryl Mills, right, turns to look at House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., second from left, and ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., left, as she speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, following her deposition before the panel investigating Benghazi. The committee was launched last year to investigate the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. The investigation has widened in recent months to focus on Clinton's use of a private email account and server. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

By Associated Press September 4, 2015 3 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – A day after questioning a former top aide to presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton behind closed doors, the House committee investigating the deadly Benghazi attacks expects to question another member of Clinton’s inner circle in closed session.

Jake Sullivan, a former policy director and deputy chief of staff at the State Department, will be questioned Friday in what is expected to be a daylong session.

The panel interviewed Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff, for 9½ hours on Thursday. Few details were released, but knowledgeable officials said the panel asked Mills about her role in preparing “talking points” for administration officials following the 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

Questions also focused on a private email server Clinton used while serving as secretary of state and how it was set up.

Mills, a lawyer who has worked for former President Bill Clinton, said after the meeting that she was treated with professional courtesy and respect.