Reporter: 'Hillary Clinton Did Come Out With What Seems To Be A Victory'
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Hillary Clinton testified before the House of Representative's select committee investigating the terrorist attacks on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012 for 11 hours, sparking claims from both sides about the future of her Presidential campaign.
Sarah Westwood, a reporter for the Washington Examiner, talked with Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT and said it was obvious that Clinton scored more political points.
"Hillary Clinton did come out with what seems to be a victory. Even though there were new facts that were raised in this hearing, even though she wasn't able to substantively address some of these concerns that these Republicans members brought up, she's very good at sidestepping tough questions. This is a clearly a good day for her campaign because she's coming out looking Presidential. She's coming out looking stronger than she was going in and really reinforcing those criticisms against Chairman Trey Gowdy's committee that this is just a partisan exercise."
She surmised it will, ultimately, be very difficult for the committee to draw any real conclusions assigning blame to particular individuals.
"There's enough conflicting evidence to suggest that this was a deliberate attempt to mislead and that it was not a deliberate attempt to mislead. It's really hard for anyone to argue with any degree of certainty one way or the other. So, even though it does look like some of these officials weren't being entirely truthful with the American people in those first days after the attack, it's really impossible for anyone to prove that for sure."
"That is going to be more difficult for her to dismiss as a partisan exercise, but keep in mind the Benghazi committee and the FBI are looking at two different things. The FBI is looking at whether she compromised national security by handling sensitive material on an unsecured network. The Benghazi committee is looking at whether she, and others, directly participated in security mistakes that allowed the Ambassador to be unprotected in 2012."
