CBS said Thursday that it is “reviewing” a report that prompted Republicans to double down on their accusations that the Obama administration was hiding the truth about the Benghazi attack.
In a curt statement, the network said its flagship news magazine 60 Minutes was “looking into” new information that “undercuts” its reporting. The statement comes as The New York Times reportedthat the main source for the CBS report had lied about his actions the night terrorists attacked the U.S. mission.
“60 Minutes has learned of new information that undercuts the account told to us by Morgan Jones of his actions on the night of the attack on the Benghazi compound,” CBS said. “We are currently looking into this serious matter to determine if he misled us, and if so, we will make a correction.”
Jones – a pseudonym for a British security contractor whose real name is Dylan Davies – had told CBS that he went to the U.S. mission that night and confronted one of the attackers, taking him down with the butt end of a rifle. But just days after the attack, he told the FBI that he was nowhere near the compound that night, two unnamed senior government officials briefed on the investigation told the Times.
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