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Rep. Gohmert: There's all kinds of conflicts of interest
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- Date Nov 16, 2012
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Are we are often running on the -- youngsters who are yet again as the biggest story today testified before congress at the moment first house side then the senate side us.
General David Petraeus is their house homeland security committee chair Peter King just to finish talking about this.
If you miss it a moment ago this is part of what he said.
This morning was that from the stock.
-- what was he terrorist attack from terrorists involved.
We thought.
I told my question favored to recollection of that group if we were given orders that the overwhelming amount of evidence was that it was.
He.
-- out of -- spontaneous demonstration.
And was not a the terrorist attack.
This is perhaps the most significant facility today Republican congressman.
-- got murdered Texas member of the house judiciary committees are good morning to you right under your religion and real hardwood Peter King says that you.
We're not in that hearing however what you are doing is calling for a special.
Prosecutor -- -- Gaza comes.
But bill.
For a number of reasons but one of -- knows is that special ops groups retired.
Individuals who serve this country didn't put their lives at risk have come forward and said look we need answers and we need to know the truth.
And that got over a 100000 people that have signed a petition asking for special prosecutor.
And for what Pete king says it's even more important that we have a special prosecutor.
That we know the end of the council statue collapsed in that 1999.
But there is inherent power under constitution.
The executive branch appoint a special prosecutor to investigate when there -- any.
Type of conflict of interest.
There's all kinds of conflicts of interest and you remember bill let commercial Hillary ran against down President Obama it in their primary -- said.
-- you want answering the phone at 3 AM it turns out the answer is for heaven's sake somebody answer the phone.
And these guys who put themselves in harm's way and our defense the guys it did on behalf of the ambassador the ambassador himself.
People that money list in the service in the foreign service the military services -- deserve to have answers if so.
I could then did you secure -- condense on time because the Peter -- press conference that.
But you would need the president to initiate this.
I -- -- and that's -- it supporters point that has to happen.
And I was really disappointed by the AG -- the -- -- so it's Eric Holder who would do this then that's -- would you expect him to do that day.
And -- how would that contribute to the process of understanding.
It had.
Has to be an independent prosecutor that do the does the investigation.
A fall -- position is a select committee.
But it is clear only the executive branch has the authority to prosecute in the event of a crime you always have a better investigation.
If someone who has prosecutorial.
Authority does the investigation that's why it's so important understand -- in a word you expected to happen or not.
If enough people rise up as people are starting to including these 100000.
Military individuals.
It they rise up and called -- you bad I'd expected to happen because he didn't want.
A blowout election in twenty GM and the people starving him deserve this I think -- people rise up.
They'll have to do it we've got to run producer in the league Ameritech so much bill thank you for your time mark.