Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, vowed in an interview on national television all future hearings on the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack that left four Americans dead – including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens – will be held behind closed doors.
"I can just tell you of the 50-some-odd interviews we have done thus far, the vast majority have been private and you don't see the bickering among the members of Congress in private interviews," Gowdy said, during a "Meet the Press" interview with Chuck Todd. "The private ones produce better results."
Gowdy reminded it was Hillary Clinton herself who asked that last week's hearing on Benghazi be held in a public forum. During which, Democrats largely embraced the presidential candidate and slammed their Republican colleagues for conducting what they characterized as a partisan with hunt. Forum watchers, meanwhile, saw a composed Clinton dismissing much of Republicans' questions, wrapping the nine-hour day without any of the high drama that characterized her previous public Benghazi testimony – the one in 2013 that saw her shout in frustration: "With all due respect, the fact is we have four dead Americans. Whether it was because of a protest or because guys outside for a walk one night decided to go kill some Americans. What difference at this point does it make?"
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Gowdy said Clinton holds the right to request hearings be held in public, but told Todd the closed-door types are much more productive and non-partisan.
"I can just tell you in the private interviews there is never any of what you saw Thursday," Gowdy said. "It is one hour on the Republican side, one hour on the Democrat side which is why you're going to see the next two dozen interviews done privately."