The five Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) proposing a "joint report" on Benghazi that starts with findings shared by lawmakers in both parties "followed by areas on which reasonable people may disagree."
Failing that, Democrats said they should be able to review a draft copy of the Republican-led committee's work, in order to add "corrections, additional context or other input before you release it publicly." In exchange, Democrats said they would let Republicans review their own opposing report for the same purpose.
"In our view, the worst approach would be for you to publicly release a partisan report drafted only by Republicans that has never been reviewed by nearly half of the select committee members," ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and the committee's four other Democrats wrote.
"Such a report would not have the benefit of robust vetting by all select committee members and, as a result, very likely would include critical errors and other deficiencies."