{"id":2264418,"date":"2024-06-10T19:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rogers-accused-of-protecting-hillary-clinton-in-michigan-senate-primary-ad\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:22:09","slug":"mike-rogers-accused-of-protecting-hillary-clinton-in-michigan-senate-primary-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rogers-accused-of-protecting-hillary-clinton-in-michigan-senate-primary-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rogers accused of shielding Hillary Clinton in Michigan Senate primary ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-rogers-accused-of-protecting-hillary-clinton-in-michigan-senate-primary-ad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2264418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sandy Pensler, a businessman and \u2063Republican primary candidate for Michigan&#8217;s open Senate seat, is currently running\u2064 an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republican-threatens-legal-action-against-defamatory-left-wing-groups-tv-attack-ad\/\" title=\"Georgia Republican Threatens Legal Action Against \u2018Defamatory\u2019 Left-Wing Group\u2019s TV Attack Ad\">attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-electioneering-dirty-facebook-suspends-gop-ad-campaign-days-before-january-georgia-runoff-election\/\" title=\"More Electioneering: Dirty Facebook Suspends GOP Ad Campaign Days Before January Georgia Runoff Election\">ad campaign<\/a><\/a> \u2064against his opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers.\u200c The campaign has released ads alleging that Rogers, who was \u200bthe chairman of the House Intelligence Permittee during the Benghazi investigation,\u2064 sided with former Secretary\u200c of State Hillary Clinton to cover \u2063up the events \u2064of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-condemns-trump-for-calling-hezbollah-smart\/\" title=\"Israel criticizes Trump for praising Hezbollah as intelligent.\">attack \u2062resulted<\/a> \u2064in the deaths of several Americans, including Ambassador Chris\u2064 Stevens. The claims have sparked \u2063controversy, with Rogers&#8217; campaign denying the accusations, emphasizing his endorsements, and pointing to his record \u2062of\u2062 exposing Clinton&#8217;s alleged failures. Pensler&#8217;s ad campaign \u2063comes as Rogers leads in the primary polls, with significant backing, including an endorsement from former President \u200bDonald Trump. The winner\u200d of the \u2063Republican primary \u200cis\u2064 anticipated to\u2062 face Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the general election for a crucial Senate \u200dseat.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Businessman Sandy Pensler is accusing former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3031994\/republicans-make-seven-figure-investment-michigan-senate-race-rogers-gains-slotkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Rogers\">Mike Rogers<\/a>, his opponent in the Republican primary for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Michigan\u2019s \">Michigan\u2019s <\/a>open Senate seat, of protecting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the House\u2019s Benghazi investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Pensler campaign released an ad Monday claiming that Rogers, who investigated the deadly 2012 terrorist attack as then-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sided with Clinton after militants stormed the American Consulate and a separate CIA compound.<\/p>\n<p>The committee did not find evidence of the State Department issuing a \u201cstand down\u201d order at the center of the allegations after a two-year investigation into the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and two others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Benghazi, I was injured. I had over 25 holes in me,\u201d former Marine Mark Geist says in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_620Ew8Gc84&#038;t=30s\">30-second ad<\/a>. \u201cMy arm was about severed off. We each testified the truth, and Mike Rogers didn\u2019t want to hear the truth. His narrative had already been established. His way of dealing with it was calling us a liar. Mike Rogers went along with Hillary Clinton. I believe Mike Rogers wants Americans to forget what happened in Benghazi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rogers campaign vehemently denied the ad\u2019s claims, which come roughly one month after a similar Benghazi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xA8wZpLgERA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>attack ad<\/a> from Pensler that accused Rogers of having \u201chelped Hillary cover it up\u201d and still \u201ccover[ing] for her now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have to lie to get someone\u2019s vote, you don\u2019t deserve it,\u201d Rogers\u2019s campaign communications director Chris Gustafson told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cWith cheap ads and wildly out of touch attempts to smear Mike, it\u2019s no wonder Sandy has already been soundly defeated twice before. There\u2019s a reason President Trump endorsed Mike Rogers, he\u2019s the only one talking about real solutions for Michigan families on the issues that actually matter. The truth is Mike\u2019s work allowed the facts about Hillary Clinton\u2019s failures that preceded that tragic day to come to light, which resulted in exposing her secret servers and 30,000 deleted emails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tactic from Pensler comes as Rogers heads into the Aug. 6 primary with a double-digit lead. Rogers is backed by former President Donald Trump and the campaign arm of Senate Republicans. The winner of the primary race, which also includes former GOP-congressman-turned-libertarian Justin Amash, is expected to face Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers, who is behind but within the margin of error of Slotkin in recent polls, is expected to benefit from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3031994\/republicans-make-seven-figure-investment-michigan-senate-race-rogers-gains-slotkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"seven-figure infusion\">seven-figure infusion<\/a> from the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the party\u2019s \u201cMichigan field program\u201d if he advances out of the primary. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-biden-and-democrats-cratering-out-of-touch-condescending\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Biden and Democrats Cratering, \u201cOut of Touch,\u201d \u201cCondescending\u201d\">battleground seat<\/a>, being vacated by retiring longtime Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), is one of several Democrats must successfully defend if they hope to keep their Senate majority.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"_620Ew8Gc84\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pensler: Truth (Mark Geist)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_620Ew8Gc84?start=30&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Pensler ads are the beginning of a seven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheldon-whitehouse-invited-three-dark-money-critics-to-testify-to-congress-they-all-take-dark-money\/\" title=\"Sheldon Whitehouse Invited Three Dark Money Critics To Testify to Congress. They All Take Dark Money.\">-figure ad buy<\/a> for broadcast, cable, and digital.<\/p>\n<p>The first ad included audio clips of Rogers from an interview with Michigan Information &#038; Research Service rejecting claims from CIA contractors about the alleged \u201cstand down\u201d order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts do not align with those stories. It\u2019s very, very easily refutable. People say things. They have no proof of it,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cIt\u2019s just all nonsense. It was, I think, people were trying to sell a book at the time. God bless them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ad prompted blowback from Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who endorsed Rogers in the race. Pompeo also served on the Intelligence Committee with Rogers in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who served on the Benghazi Select Committee and the Intelligence Committee, I know Mike Rogers did amazing work to bring to light Hillary Clinton\u2019s failures throughout her time as Secretary of State,\u201d Pompeo posted at the time on social media. \u201cAny idea that there was a cover-up is just absurd and false. The truth is that the Benghazi Committee wouldn\u2019t have been successful in uncovering Hillary\u2019s 30k emails, rampant corruption, and her failure to keep Americans safe without Mike Rogers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although the Select Committee on Benghazi did not find professional wrongdoing, it did criticize the Obama administration\u2019s lack of preparedness. The investigation inadvertently discovered Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server, prompting months of scrutiny by Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businessman Sandy Pensler, running in Michigan&#8217;s Republican Senate primary, accuses opponent Mike Rogers of shielding Hillary Clinton during the Benghazi probe. 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