--- description: The poll comes the day before Clinton is set to testify title: Most See GOP Benghazi Probe as Vehicle to Hurt Hillary Clinton, Poll Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33d4f3baff3ba547/6988695c2dce016aaa9e6220/hillary-clinton_002.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Most See GOP Benghazi Probe as Vehicle to Hurt Hillary Clinton, Poll Says  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 21, 2015 7:38 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 22, 2015. Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 22, 2015.Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 21, 2015 7:38 PM CUT Most Americans see the Republican-led congressional committee charged with investigating the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi as a partisan effort more geared toward bringing down Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton than gathering the facts, [according to a new poll](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/68753a3b-8cec-45f8-9bda-fda072e1853f.pdf "undefined"). The Benghazi Select Committee, formed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the attack that killed four Americans, has in recent months turned its attention to Clinton’s controversial use of a private email server when she was Secretary of State. The Monmouth University national poll released Wednesday found that 52% of Americans believe the committee is more interested in going after Clinton than learning the facts, while just 32% believe it’s more interest in learning the facts. The poll comes a day before Clinton is scheduled to testify before the committee. In recent weeks, Democrats have escalated their attacks on the committee as a [partisan](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/opinion/disband-the-benghazi-committee.html "undefined") witch hunt, seizing on a controversial [statement](http://time.com/4055534/kevin-mccarthy-hillary-clinton-benghazi/ "undefined") by Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who suggested it was set up to damage her poll numbers. More than anything, the poll seemed to support a statement from Clinton rival Bernie Sanders that Americans are “sick and tired of hearing about \[her\] damn emails.” In the poll, 59% agreed with that sentiment. 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