Democrats effort to embarrass Republicans backfires when their report is unredacted by reporters using a simple trick in Word

Democrats tried to shame Republicans, end up revealing own corruption.

It pays to know the Clintons. A report released by the Democrats ahead of the Republican report, intended to show Republican misuse of power, has revealed possible corruption.

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) - The Democrats wanted to show the Republicans as political beasts, abusing their Benghazi investigation to ask unrelated questions of Democrats, revealed more than they bargained for.

The report was redacted, then released by the Democrats. Their intent was to cast Republicans in a poor light. However, the redaction was done in Word, and a simple trick has allowed the media to remove the redaction to reveal the entire report. Included are interviews with people like Sidney Blumenthal, a close Clinton ally.

At one point, Blumenthal admits receiving $200,000 a year from the Clintons in exchange for "consulting." Republicans allege that this is reward money paid to Blumenthal for his services.

Blumenthal swears his job was real, but hasn't provided an answer that appears to be worth $200,000.

A portion of the transcript is included below.

Hillary Clinton is a serial liar and a deceiver. And she might just be our next president.

Q: Did you ever receive any payment from an organization called Media Matters?

A: Oh, yes. I did - I did receive payment in that period from Media Matters.

Q: Okay. And what was your relationship with Media Matters at that time period?

A: I was a consultant to Media Matters. I'm sorry I-

Q: That's okay.

A: I overlooked that.

Q: When did you become a consultant for Media Matters?

A: I would say the very end of 2012.

Q: Okay. And how did that come about, that you became a consultant for Media Matters?

A: I have had a very long friendship with the chairman of Media Matters, whose name is David Brock, from before he founded this organization, and I have sustained that friendship. And he asked me to help provide ideas and advice to him and his organizations.

Q: So you began your relationship, your paid relationship, with Media Matters at the end of 2012.

A: Right.

Q: Does that continue to this day?

A: It does.

Q: Okay. And what is your salary or your contract with Media Matters?  How much money are you earning from them?

A: I'd say it's about $200,000 a year.

Q: And has that been roughly consistent from when you began receiving payment from Media Matters?

*[redacted due to Chairman Gowdy's refusal to allow release of transcript].

A: I would say it's - I'd have to check. I think it's increased a little bit. It's increased some.

Q: Okay. Are you familiar with the organization American Bridge?

A: Yes.

Q: Have you received any compensation from American Bridge over the last five years?

A: Yes.

Q: Okay. And how much compensation have you received from American Bridge?

A: Well, when I talk about that amount of money, I mean all of those organizations.

Q: So all of David Brock's entities -

A: Right.

Q: - combined are 200,000?

A: About.

Q: Okay.

A: Something like that.

Q: Okay. So there's American Bridge.

A: Yes.

Q: There's Media Matters.

A: Right.

Q: Are there any other organizations on which you have done work for Mr. Brock?

A: Correct the Record

Q: Okay.

A: - is another organization.

Q: Okay.

A: And then there's the American Independent Institute, which is a journalistic foundation.

Q: So, when you receive your paycheck, who signs the paycheck? Where does that come from?

A: It's deposited directly. I imagine it comes from David Brock.

Q: Okay. Not David Brock personally but one of his -

A: Whoever - whoever is responsible for that payment.

Blumenthal and Republican Select Committee Member Mike Pompeo had the following exchange about Correct the Record:

Q: Fair enough. I'm going to jump around a little bit. You said I think earlier this morning that you still are working for Correct the Record?

A: I am.

Q: And tell me what the mission of Correct the Record is. 

A: Correct the Record is pretty much what it says, to correct - it's a nonprofit organization to correct the record about public misstatements about prominent Democrats.

Q: Including this committee. If this committee said something, Correct the Record might comment on things that it said incorrectly and indeed it has?

A: That may well be so.

Q: Have you written any of that?

A: No.

Q: Yeah. So you haven't made any comments as part of your role in Correct the Record related to this committee's work?  You haven't written any -

A: I have not written those.

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