Mike Rogers was the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee when the Benghazi report was released.
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The Daily Show: Ears EditionAug 28, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that Mike Rogers was Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee when it released its Benghazi report in November 2014. The claim faithfully reflects the passage, which says Rogers, as chair, released the report.
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… Yes, and so in the fateful days following that Republican House Intelligence Committee report, what did the Fox say? Other than a couple of half-hearted efforts to, on the Republican led report, its contents went largely unnoticed on Fox. Even Megan Kelly, who was prior to that desperately searching for answers, had the House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers on her show two weeks after he released the Benghazi report and never asked him about it once, not once. Yes, the network who used the word Benghazi like a clubhouse password, the official Republican dominated House report on Benghazi was the only news story in two years that didn't remind them to talk about …
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Supports. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence published Chairman Rogers's statement on its Final Benghazi Report dated November 22, 2014.[2]
Supports. CNN describes the final report as coming from Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, with ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger.[4]
Supports. The Hill identifies Rogers as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which released the report two weeks before a December 2014 interview.[5]
Supports. AP reports that a Republican-controlled House committee released the Benghazi report, and the Vox and LAist coverage also names Rogers as chair and report lead.[1][6][7]
Context. The Rogers biography from the OU Libraries collection says he was made chairman in 2010 and led the 2014 Benghazi report, which supports the chair timeline.[3]
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7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated
- 1House report debunks Benghazi allegations | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Statement by Chairman Rogers on House Intelligence Committee's ...intelligence.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Mike Rogers - Mike Rogers Congressional Collection - OU Librarieslibrary.oakland.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Republican-led report debunks Benghazi accusations - CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Key lawmaker defends House Benghazi reportthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 6The seventh Benghazi investigation is out, finds there was no ... - Voxvox.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7Is latest Benghazi report finding little fault on Obama ...laist.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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