Democrat Busts Republicans For Trying To Bury Benghazi Report That Debunks Their Lies

But it reminds me of a lawyer’s maxim that, if the law is not on your side, emphasize the facts. If the facts aren’t on your side, bang on the table. I think we heard Lindsey banging on the table quite a bit this morning.

This was a two-year exhaustive investigation. It was released by the Republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee and had the support of all the Republicans and Democrats on the committee. It’s designed to be the definitive word on what happened from the intelligence community’s point of view.

And nothing I think Lindsey said at all contradicts what is in that report. And calling it crap doesn’t change the fact that it was an exhaustive and objective review. So, I think we have had really the final word on many of these conspiracy theories, on the fact there was no stand-down order, there was no political interference, there was no effort to politically spin the talking points.

In fact, as the report points out, there were 21 intelligence assessments at the time that it began as a protest. Those turned out to be wrong, but there was no malice in getting it wrong.

BORGER: So, do you think the…

SCHIFF: And I hope that this will guide the select committee.

BORGER: Well, do you think the — the…

SCHIFF: And, you know, I think the — yes.

BORGER: … the administration is exonerated here?

SCHIFF: I think it is exonerated, certainly not the — in the sense that it shows there was adequate security at the diplomatic facility. There wasn’t. There’s been no contesting that. But in terms of whether there was an effort to cover up or spin

or illegal trafficking of arms by the CIA or any of those conspiracies…

BORGER: Well…

SCHIFF: … they have been completely vindicated.

And I hope — really, the only interesting question here, but it answers itself, is, why is this report being released on the Friday before Thanksgiving? Why is it being released in between major developments on immigration and Iran?

BORGER: So, you think it was kind of a dump? So you think it was a dump, so no one would pay attention to it?

SCHIFF: Oh, absolutely, absolutely. Exactly.

BORGER: We are.

SCHIFF: When you spend two years doing the definitive report, you want to trumpet it to the high heavens. You don’t want to bury it on the Friday before Thanksgiving.

BORGER: But let me…