GOP midterm focus on Benghazi

Published May 3, 2014 12:32pm ET



[caption id=”attachment_80425″ align=”alignleft” width=”300″]AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

[/caption]

THE HILL — The Benghazi controversy has exploded back into the public eye with the release of new emails, energizing Republicans and complicating the White House’s hopes of building momentum ahead of the midterm elections.

Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) decision to launch a special committee to investigate the terrorist attack promises to keep the Benghazi fight in the headlines all summer.

It’s part of a clearly coordinated effort by Republicans to tar the administration as scandal-plagued.

Read more at The Hill