Mother Jones-Elizabeth Warren Slams Chair of the GOP's New Benghazi Committee

[Lady Freedom Returns]

The Massachusetts senator says she knows "a little bit about the way [GOP Rep.] Trey Gowdy pursues oversight"—because in 2011, she "was on the other end of it."

—By Patrick Caldwell
| Fri May 9, 2014 12:52 PM EDT

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for creating a select committee to investigate the deaths of four American officials in Benghazi. In an e-mail to supporters Friday, Warren called the committee "shameful" and "no-holds-barred political theater," accusing the GOP of exploiting a tragedy for political gain. And for Warren, it's a bit personal.

In the email, Warren notes that she is particularly concerned about Boehner's selection of Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) to chair committee. She recalls testifying before Gowdy in 2011 when she was setting up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "I know a little bit about the way Trey Gowdy pursues oversight," she writes. "I was on the other end of it when I was setting up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and I was called to testify before the House."

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