The release of the Democrats’ report came amid signs that the House Select Committee on Benghazi, led by its chairman, Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, was nearing the release of its official findings. The Republicans sharply dismissed the Democrats’ report on Monday, turning the main Democratic criticism around — saying that they were overly focused on Mrs. Clinton. “Section II of our report documents the grave abuses that Select Committee Republicans engaged in during this investigation,” the Democrats wrote. The committee has also cited the refusal by the White House to have President Obama respond to written questions. The Democrats’ report included praise for American personnel in Benghazi and Tripoli, the Libyan capital, saying they “conducted themselves with extraordinary courage and heroism,” and determined that the American personnel could not have saved the four who died.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2016 17:53 UTC