Taxpayer funded political witch hunts are an abuse of power
by digby
The vast majority of the American public believes that the Republican-led House Select Committee on Benghazi is politically motivated, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Thursday morning.
The poll, which came out the day that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the committee about her involvement in the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, found that a whopping 72 percent of Americans think the panel’s primary purpose is political gain. In contrast, 23 percent said the investigation was objective.
A surprising number of Republicans—49 percent—acknowledged that the panel is intent on scoring political points against Clinton, the current frontrunner in the Democratic presidential race, with 85 percent of Democrats and 75 percent of independents agreeing.
So, people understand what’s going on here.What they seem not to understand is that if this is true, it is an abuse of power. It is unethical to use taxpayers money for political purposes. And it is illegal to use congressional subpoena power to go after your political opponents, which is what they have done.
Taxpayer funded political witch hunts are crimes.
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