Scandals surround Clinton's gatekeeper at State
By Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) • 10/19/16 12:01 AM
Republicans aren't surprised at all that Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy is in the middle of the latest Hillary Clinton email scandal, since Kennedy has been in the GOP crosshairs for the last four years for other Clinton controversies.
FBI notes released Monday indicated that Kennedy offered a trade with the FBI in order to downgrade a classified email from Clinton's private server. But Republicans pointed out Tuesday that Kennedy was involved in two earlier scandals.
For example, Kennedy oversaw security for U.S. diplomatic compounds around the globe leading up to the Benghazi attacks in 2012, which led to the death of four Americans, even as he managed the telecommunications operations that allowed Clinton to use a private email server for official business.
"Patrick Kennedy was at the heart of the State Department's effort to stonewall" our investigation into the Benghazi attacks, Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., told the Washington Examiner Tuesday, recalling how that GOP-led House probe uncovered Clinton's use of a private email server. "[Kennedy] was also at the heart of her efforts to set up a private email system."
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