Blaine Holt Condemns Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Denials, Calls for Accountability

Retired Air Force Brigadier General Blaine Holt accused Democrats of sticking to the same script regarding the 2012 Benghazi attack and continuing to protect Hillary Clinton on Sunday.

Holt stated that the Republican Congress has yet to file criminal referrals against the Clintons, saying, “If you’re going to go after the Clintons, don’t miss.”

The retired military official criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for repeatedly denying responsibility for the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four Americans.

“She’s just mocking the American people,” Holt told reporters. “She’s arrogantly mocking us and defying us.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi recently announced the capture and extradition of Zubayr al-Bakoush, a suspect in the 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

In her announcement, Bondi noted that during congressional testimony on Benghazi, Clinton had commented that “What difference, at this point, does it make?”

Bondi said the new arrest underscores that justice still matters.

Holt added that Clinton continues to present herself as the person most burdened by what happened in Libya.

“Nobody has lost more sleep than I have over this,” Holt stated, recounting Clinton’s posture following the attack.

Holt described his location during the incident: “Where I stood on that evening was in Stuttgart, Germany, at the United States European Command command post,” where he served as the “director of logistics, standing next to my special operations two-star.” He insisted U.S. assets could have responded.

“We know full well that forces could have gone and made a difference, at least in terms of the terrorism and mitigating the horrors that our people went through,” Holt said.

Holt argued officials had warning signs leading up to the attack and should have discussed evacuation instead of travel to Benghazi.

“But they had indicators and warnings up to that place that we really should have been talking about complete evacuation of the embassy, not whether Ambassador Stevens should leave a secure embassy and go to a halfway secure consulate on a spurious mission that Hillary Clinton wanted.”

Holt said he witnessed morale erode throughout the chain of command.

“I saw every rung of our leadership chain get many of us demoralized,” he said.

Holt expressed hope for renewed scrutiny leading to candor and consequences: “And I will tell you that if this is the start of where honesty is going to be, so be it.”

“But this two-bit criminal and this terrorist—sorry, we’re not letting it go.”

Holt suggested Benghazi was not an isolated incident, calling it “merely just a snowflake on the tip of an iceberg,” adding, “I know we saw what happened with the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.”

When asked about potential public testimony from the Clintons, Holt stated such proceedings must have accountability: “It has to be must-see TV. But here’s the rebuke I would have of the Republicans. It can’t just be a series of embarrassing questions under lights. And then we turn off the lights, and we all go to the Capital Grille and we get a beer, and we move on from there.”

Holt also criticized Congress for inaction: “This Republican Congress has yet to do criminal referrals. They don’t have anybody they can chalk up for accountability … if you’re going to go after the Clintons, don’t miss.”