Watch Rep. Jim Jordan discuss the GOP's 'smoking gun' from Hillary Clinton's Benghazi hearing

Rep. Jim Jordan discusses the House Benghazi hearing on Fox News
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After spending 11 hours participating in a high-profile hearing of the House Select Committee on Benghazi — with one witness, Hillary Clinton — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sat down for an interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly. During the hearing, Jordan revealed that the committee had uncovered a transcript of a phone call Clinton had with the Egyptian prime minister on Sept. 13, 2012, in which she told him, according to Jordan: "We know the attack in Libya had nothing to do with the film. It was a planned attack, not a protest." Fox News had been discussing that exchange for the past hour, Kelly said. "Is that a smoking gun, in your view?" Jordan didn't say no:

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.