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Monday, January 28, 2019

Benghazi Survivor: ‘Anybody With Half a Brain Can See It Was Due to Political Reasons’

Last week, United States District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered multiple senior State Department officials under the Obama administration to answer Judicial Watch’s questions related to Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi.

During Industry Day at the Range at SHOT Show 2019, I had the opportunity to talk with Kris “Tanto” Paronto, one of the men who survived the attack in Benghazi. Unfortunately, it was so windy at the range that the audio is hard to hear. But here’s what he had to say:

Beth: We heard last week that Hillary Clinton’s people are going to have to answer questions about Benghazi. How do you feel about that?

Kris: They’ve been answering questions so they knew what was going on. What bothers me is they knew what was going on. And they admitted it. They left us. They left us behind. Anybody with half a brain can see it was due to political reasons. So there’s more questions, good. Let’s continue gathering information–

Beth: But are we going to get answers?

Kris: But are we going to get answers? Bottom line is this: There has to be a politician that goes in there and says, ‘You know what? We left these guys behind. And we tried to cover it up. And then we lied about it. And we utilized our own justice system and our own intel agency to hand off responsibility.’ And now they’re being held responsible, whether it’s jail time or mass humiliation…I don’t have a problem with that. It’s necessary. There’s enough information out there to show that they lacked any integrity…

Beth: And who, directly, do you want to hear from? Who do you think can answer those questions? Top official? Middle official? Clinton herself?

Kris: Clinton herself. Obama…Who knows if they’ll tell the truth.

Beth: And I know that’s become a personal mission on behalf of your fallen brothers.

Kris: They will always be memorialized. That’s what I love about “13 Hours.” This may not get real big. It shouldn’t have done as well as “American Sniper.”

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is one of the priorities we should be on top of we weren't when it happened. And we were lied to by Hillary when they called for assistance Hillary as Secretary of State was called repeatedly she never answered the calls. 4 Americans died at the embassy she should have been charged with treason and many of us proclaim their should be murder charges. Of all the things being investigated on Trump we need to reexamine Obama & Hillary. They have tried to bury it for far too long.

Anonymous said...

And exactly why the democrats cannot see it.