US Attorney #JeaninePirro said that an 8-count indictment charged Al-Bakoush with crimes including the murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens & State Dept employee Sean Smith.
The 2012 attack on the US compound immediately emerged as a divisive political issue as #Republicans challenged President Barack #Obama & Secy of State #HillaryClinton on security at the facility, the #military response to the violence & the admin’s changing narrative about who was responsible & why.
A final report by a Republican-led congressional panel faulted the #Obama administration for security deficiencies at the Libyan outpost & a slow response to the attacs. The report, however, found no wrongdoing by #Clinton.
Clinton dismissed the report as an echo of previous probes with no new discoveries, saying it was “time to move on.” Other #Democrats denounced the #Republicans’ report as “a conspiracy theory on steroids.
