Snippets coming out as the MSM tries to pretend Blumenthal’s testimony is not potentially VERY damaging to Hillary Clinton.  Apparently, from early reports, Hillary’s assertion that Blumenthal’s communication was “unsolicited” is being exposed as false.  Even Darrell Issa tried to sit and listen….

 

WASHINGTON DC – Former House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) tried to crash former Hillary Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal’s deposition before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Tuesday.

Issa marched into the closed-door deposition and remained inside for about a minute before he was escorted out by the panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.). The pair briefly exchanged hushed words in a nearby hallway before Issa stormed off, throwing an empty soda can into a nearby trash bin.

Gowdy returned to the private session. “Sorry about that,” he said as he went back into the interview (link)

(Via CNN) […] A source who was briefed on the new Blumenthal emails tells CNN “The notion that she was getting unsolicited email is called into question” by the new batch.

The top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, said the panel is now conducting its “investigation by selective leaks and press releases.”

“Chairman Gowdy has not contacted me, other Democratic members, or anyone on our staff about his proposal to release these documents, nor has he contacted the State Department to clarify why its production of Benghazi-related emails might have differences from Mr. Blumenthal’s production of Libya-related documents,” Cummings said. “(Blumenthal’s) deposition may further the Select Committee’s inquest of Secretary Clinton, but it won’t bring us any new information about the Benghazi attacks because the witness appears not to have any firsthand knowledge about them.”

In a hallway interview with CNN, Gowdy said he is open to Cummings’ request to release the transcript of Blumenthal’s deposition.

“I need him to explain to me why this witness should be treated differently than any other witness,” Gowdy said.

But, he said, he is not tying the release of the emails and transcript together, as Cummings requested.

“I’m releasing the emails no matter what,” he said. He added that he hoped to release them “sooner rather than later.”  (read more)