WASHINGTON (AP) – A longtime confidant to former President Bill Clinton and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton faces questions from the Republican-led House panel investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Sidney Blumenthal is scheduled to testify in closed session Tuesday about frequent emails on Libya he sent to Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of state. Blumenthal worked in the White House under President Clinton and is a longtime friend and adviser to the Clinton family.
Blumenthal’s role in sending the near-monthly missives emerged when nearly 350 pages of emails about the 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi were publicly released last month. The attacks killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
His testimony comes days after Clinton formally kicked off her presidential campaign on Saturday.
A spokeswoman for the committee, Amanda Duvall, said the GOP-led panel “is only interested in the facts,” adding that Blumenthal was called to testify because of the large number of emails he sent Clinton regarding Libya.