--- description: House Democrats remained divided Friday over whether to participate ina new Republican-led investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. The investigation has both... title: New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Contributions? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0ab0b27bdd9525c/69868eb33bc9997ff11a3623/boehner-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Contributions? by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 5:56 PM CUT  New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Donations? New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Donations?Alex Wong – Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 5:56 PM CUT House Democrats [remained divided](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/09/311089348/democrats-divided-over-participation-in-benghazi-panel "undefined") Friday over whether to participate ina new Republican-led investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. The investigation has both sides of the aisle [accusing the other ](http://time.com/89144/a-benghazi-scandal-thats-already-been-revealed-the-cia-believed-a-media-mistake/ "undefined")of trying to mislead voters. The Republicans say Democrats want to stonewall the investigation, while Democrats are angered by Republican [fundraising](http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/05/08/310795987/latest-partisan-flashpoint-gop-benghazi-fundraising "undefined") in connection with the Benghazi probe. Approximately 60 individuals stormed the American embassy in Benghazi on Sept. 12, 2012 and killed four people, including American Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Watch the video above for more. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/94387/benghazi-committee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/94387/benghazi-committee/"},"headline":"New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Contributions?","datePublished":"2014-05-09T17:56:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:45:40.405Z","description":"House Democrats remained divided Friday over whether to participate ina new Republican-led investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. The investigation has both...","url":"https://time.com/94387/benghazi-committee/","keywords":["Congress"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0ab0b27bdd9525c/69868eb33bc9997ff11a3623/boehner-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0ab0b27bdd9525c/69868eb33bc9997ff11a3623/boehner-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Donations?","caption":"New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Donations?","creditText":"Alex Wong – Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/94387/benghazi-committee/","name":"New Benghazi Committee: Seeking Answers Or Contributions?"}}]}] ```