The House Republican investigation into the Benghazi attacks has passed its 700th day and spent $6.5 million in taxpayer money to uncover no new evidence. A waste of taxpayer money. Demands to shut it down.

He adds this point about the proportionality of the Benghazi investigations: ... followed by wars in which many times more die, the Congress holds a total of 22 hearings. Clinton testified before this House committee on Jan. 23, … The attack in the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 was a national tragedy. According to the Benghazi Research Center, however, the investigation involved 10 congressional committees and the disclosure of at least 100,000 documents. Demands to shut it down. Claim: Republicans held 33 Benghazi hearings, during which Hillary Clinton testified for 11 hours.

A waste of taxpayer money. The 2012 Benghazi attack was a coordinated attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, by members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia.. At 9:40 p.m., September 11, members of Ansar al-Sharia attacked the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi resulting in the deaths of U.S. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, the 1996 Khobar Tower bombing, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and even the attacks of September 11, 2001 — all received less Congressional attention than Benghazi in the form of formal hearings and investigations into their respective causes.

A never-ending witch hunt. Add to that the cost of the investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on an American embassy in Libya by the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which helped prompt the … SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images. A never-ending witch hunt.