WASHINGTON – Government witnesses in the trial of Ahmed Abu Khattala testified Tuesday in graphic detail about the bloody attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, while defense attorneys worked to raise doubt that the defendant masterminded the 2012 strikes that killed four Americans.
The trial entered its second day with U.S. government prosecutors questioning diplomatic security agent Scott Wickland, who tried unsuccessfully to save ambassador Chris Stevens and Sean Patrick Smith, a State Department information management officer, from a burning U.S. diplomatic outpost. Nearly eight hours later, two more Americans — contract security officers Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty — died in a mortar attack on a CIA complex nearby.
Defense lawyers claim Abu Khattala was not the ringleader and went to the attack site only to see what was happening. Attorney Michelle Peterson has claimed that the defense will produce evidence that the attacks were the result of an inside job.
She cross-examined Wickland about how he had confronted members of a Libyan security force because he thought they were lax in defending the compound. – READ MORE
[contentcards url=”http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/03/defense-tries-to-cast-doubt-on-case-against-benghazi-suspect.html” target=”_blank”]