WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest from the House Benghazi committee’s hearing featuring testimony from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (all times local):
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10:50 a.m.
The top Democrat on the House Benghazi committee is offering a vigorous defense of Hillary Rodham Clinton and unleashing a scathing critique of the Republican-led panel.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) of Maryland cites comments by House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) — the California Republican who credited the committee with driving down Clinton’s presidential poll numbers.
Clinton is the front-runner for her party’s nomination in 2016.
Cummings is mocking the committee chairman, GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) of South Carolina, for saying it was hard to conduct the inquiry in such a partisan atmosphere.
Cummings wants to know why Gowdy was telling fellow Republicans to “shut up when they are telling the truth” — and not when they made what Cummings calls “baseless claims” against Clinton.
Cummings says it’s time to end the “fishing expedition” by the committee against Clinton.
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10:40 a.m.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling a House committee there were “no delays in decision-making” immediately after the deadly 2012 attacks on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya.
Clinton is the star witness in the GOP-led investigation.
She’s also says that in the U.S. response, there were “no denials of support from Washington” or from the U.S. military.
She’s calling for transparency in the investigation — which critics say is focused on hampering Clinton’s run for the White House in 2016. She’s the Democratic front-runner.
Four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, died in the attacks.
The committee chairman — GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina — accuses Clinton and the Obama administration of withholding information, including Clinton’s emails, about what happened in Washington following the attacks.
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10:15 a.m.
The chairman of the House committee investigating the deadly attacks on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 is telling former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that the investigation is not about her.
That is the message in Rep. Trey Gowdy’s opening statement at a public hearing where Clinton — the Democratic front-runner for president in 2016 — is testifying.
The South Carolina Republican says the investigation is focusing on the four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, who died in the attacks.
Gowdy say the committee is looking for the truth about the diplomatic compound’s request for more security, equipment and personnel — and what was being discussed in Washington while the Americans were under attack.
After months of buildup, Clinton is taking center stage as the star witness in the Republican-led investigation.
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9:50 a.m.
Hundreds of people are gathering outside the Longworth House Office Building before the highly anticipated public hearing where Hillary Rodham Clinton is to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
News photographers are packing the well of a hearing room normally used by the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. It’s the largest hearing room on the House side of the Capitol.
Clinton — the Democratic front-runner for president in 2016 — is the sole witness at the hearing.
It’s the fourth hearing since the committee was formed in May 2014.
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