A fiery clash over transparency, decorum, and the legacy of Hillary Clinton erupted behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Thursday, and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is refusing to yield to Democratic outrage.
According to The Gateway Pundit, the confrontation unfolded during Clintons deposition in the Jeffrey Epstein matter, when her attorneys abruptly halted the proceedings after a photograph of Clinton taken inside the room was leaked to conservative commentator Benny Johnson. The image, provided to Johnson by Boebert, triggered a sharp reaction from Clintons legal team and prompted the former Secretary of State to temporarily leave the room before returning to verbally spar with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY).
Democrats quickly seized on the episode to attack Boebert and her Republican colleagues, accusing them of undermining the process and violating agreed-upon procedures. What is not acceptable is Oversight Republicans breaking their own committee rules that they established with the Secretary and her team, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) complained at a press conference during a recess in the deposition.
Progressive members went further, attempting to frame the GOPs actions as a sideshow designed for political theater rather than accountability. We are sitting through an incredibly unserious clown show of a deposition where members of Congress and the Republican Party are more concerned about getting their photo op of Secretary Clinton than actually getting to the truth and holding anyone accountable, Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) declared, echoing a familiar Democrat talking point that seeks to delegitimize Republican oversight.
Clintons lawyers accused Boebert of violating House rules by taking and disseminating the photograph, a claim eagerly amplified by Democrats eager to shield Clinton from further scrutiny. Yet Boebert, a frequent target of the left for her unapologetically conservative stance, answered the uproar with a pointed reminder of Clintons own record in office.
No U.S. ambassadors were harmed in the taking of todays photo, Boebert wrote, in a barbed social media post that instantly recalled one of the darkest chapters of Clintons tenure as Secretary of State. The remark was a clear reference to U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was murdered by Islamic terrorists during the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
That deadly assault, which occurred eleven years to the day after the attacks on the World Trade Center, remains a symbol for many conservatives of the catastrophic consequences of reckless foreign policy and failed leadership. The Libyan debacle stemmed from a war launched under President Obama with Clinton as a chief architect, a conflict critics argue never should have been started and certainly should not have left American personnel exposed without adequate protection.
When Americans in Benghazi came under siege, the Obama-Clinton team failed to provide timely assistance, and four Americans, including Stevens, were killeda tragedy seared into public consciousness and dramatized in the film 13 Hours. Against that backdrop, Democrats fury over a single leaked photograph rings hollow to many on the right, who see Boeberts defiance as a small but telling stand for accountability in the face of a political establishment still eager to protect Hillary Clinton from full scrutiny.
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