"The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced on Friday the arrest of a key participant in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four US government officials, including the US ambassador to Libya, J Christopher Stevens. Bondi said the suspect, Zubayar al-Bakoush, was taken into US custody at 3am ET on Friday. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law. He'll face charges related to murder, terrorism, arson, among others, Bondi told reporters at a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington DC."
"The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, added that he needed to protect the integrity of the investigation and could not expand on operational details, but noted the government carried out what is known as a foreign transfer of custody to bring the suspect to the US. The attack on the American government compounds was a political flashpoint of the Obama administration, triggering years of scrutiny and investigations into the government's preparedness at the time and response to the attack on the consulate, with criticism by Republicans especially focused on Barack Obama and his then secretary of state, Hillary Clinton."
"A Republican-led House committee report, released in 2016, found that Clinton was ultimately not to blame, but identified government security failures, heavily criticizing then defense secretary Leon Panetta for a delay in deploying forces to respond to the attack. At the time, Democrats and critics of the investigation into the attack accused GOP lawmakers of pursuing a politically motivated examination of the tragedy, as Clinton pursued the Democratic presidential nomination."
Pam Bondi announced the arrest and US custody of Zubayar al-Bakoush, a suspected participant in the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four US officials, including Ambassador J Christopher Stevens. Bondi stated the suspect will be prosecuted on charges including murder, terrorism and arson. FBI director Kash Patel said a foreign transfer of custody brought the suspect to the United States and declined to provide operational details to protect the investigation. The Benghazi attack prompted prolonged political controversy and investigations, with a 2016 Republican-led report citing security failures but not blaming Hillary Clinton.
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