i want the investigation to be refocused back to its regular purpose. hillary clinton has a lot of explaining to do. we, however, do not need to shift resources to hyper focus on hillary clinton and in some cases drop the investigation on different organizations and different individuals. chairman trey dowdy vehemently denies this and said the staffer was fired for good reason. they issued a statement saying, the record makes it clear not only did he mishandle classified information, he himself was focused on clinton improperly and was instructed to stop, and issues with his conduct were noted on the record as far back as april. this already playing into the campaign, the debate that will take place behind us at the wynn las vegas. joining me now ben pfeiffer, former top aide to president president and a friend of marco
attacks is leveling explosive charges against the republican led panel. air force reserve major bradley patliska says he was fired for trying to conduct a comprehensive probe into the deadly embassy attack instead of focusing on hillary clinton. he told the new york times that the committee didn t initially set up the investigation to target clinton, but that the probe s focus changed over time. he also noted in a tv interview that he is a republican and would not vote for clinton in 2016. i m trying to be objective about this. as i stated, hillary clinton had a lot of explaining to do. we, however, did not have to shift resources to hyper focus on hillary clinton. we did not need to de-emphasize and in some cases drop the investigation on some other individuals. in a statement leased today, trey gowdy says he was never told to focus on clinton, and never mentioned the former
to put blame on former secretary of state hillary clinton, which the committee s republican chairman trey gowdy has preetedly denied. i m scared, i m going up against powerful people in washington. i was fired for trying to conduct an objective nonpartisan thorough investigation. reporter: major bradley podliska was on the committee before being fired in june. he is planning a lawsuit against the committee. he said he was dismissed in part because of the time commitment required by his duty as a major in the air force reserves, but also he says, for resisting pressure to focus his investigation on hillary clinton and her state department. this has become a partisan investigation. i do not know the reason for the hyperfocus on hillary clinton. podliska is a conservative republican who did work for the research center. i m going to vote for the republican nominee for 2016.
i m scared. i m going up against powerful people in washington. i was fired for trying to conduct an objective nonpartisan thorough investigation. reporter: major bradley podliska was an investigator on the committee for nine months before being fired in june. the air force reserve intelligence officer is planning a lawsuit against the committee. he says he was dismissed in part because of the time commitment required by his duty as a major in the air force reserve but also he says for resisting pressure to focus his investigation on hillary clinton and her state department. this has become a partisan investigation. i do not know the reason for the hyperfocus on hillary clinton. reporter: podliska is a republican. i would like to state that i m going to vote for the republican nominee in 2016. i do not support hillary clinton for president. reporter: he believes the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton has much to answer for. republicans are going to listen t
even once interned for the conservative media research center. i would like to state that i m going to vote for the republican nominee in 2016. i do not support hillary clinton for president. he believes the democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton has much to answer for. republicans are going to listen to you and think this is some liberal trying to get hillary clinton off the hook. liberal will hear you and say he s exonerating hillary clinton. this democratic national committee is all political and hillary has nothing to explain. what s your message to these partisans? i m trying to be objective about this. hillary clinton has a lot of explaining to do. we, however, do not need to shift resources to hyper focus on hillary clinton. we didn t need to deemphasis in some cases drop the investigations on different agencies, different organizations, and different individuals. clinton, of course, faced intense questioning from congress on the state department in benghazi