Ex-Staffer Settles Federal Lawsuit Against Benghazi Committee, Gowdy
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published DECEMBER 19, 2016, 3:27 PM EDT
A former staffer for the House Select Committee on Benghazi who'd alleged he was fired in part for not focusing his investigative efforts more explicitly on Hillary Clinton announced Monday that he had settled a federal lawsuit against the committee and its chairman.
The original suit, filed in November 2015, claimed Bradley Podliska was being “singled out” because of his military service, which had taken him away from committee work, and because “he was unwilling to go along with the hyper-focus on the State Department and Secretary Clinton."
By March 2016, Podliska had dialed back the lawsuit against the committee and its chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), removing any mention of Clinton and focusing instead on his claims of discrimination against a member of the military, in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
“I am pleased that I have satisfactorily settled my lawsuit against the Benghazi Committee and Chairman Gowdy,” Podliska said in a statement. “I am happy to move beyond this dispute, and I will continue to serve my country and do whatever I can do to advance the security and interests of our nation."
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