March 29, 2024

New Email Reveals Detail About Obama and Hillary’s Actions the Night of the Benghazi Attack

New Email Reveals Detail About Obama and Hillary’s Actions the Night of the Benghazi AttackA newly-released email sent between top aides to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama reveal that the two leaders were engaged in a late-night call on the night of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya.

The email was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the conservative nonprofit Judicial Watch. Its discovery sheds new light on how the White House and the State Department worked together in its media strategy in the days following the attack.

While it had been previously disclosed that Clinton and Obama spoke that night, the documents provide additional details about the timing of the call, which occurred after the initial attack on the consulate, but before the second wave of attacks when mortars hit the nearby CIA annex, killing two former Navy SEALs.

The email discussing the phone call bears the subject line, “Call,” while the text says, “Readout of President’s Call to Secretary Clinton.” Outside of that, the details are fully redacted under the State Department’s exemption for internal deliberations.

Other emails, Fox News reported, reveal that Clinton had made a statement that night citing an anti-Islam Internet video, before the attack ended.

The State Department, and Clinton in particular, have come under scrutiny for their response to the attack in the hours and days that followed. Several former State Department officials, including Clinton, have been asked to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi later this year.

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