One of the Suspects in the Murder of the U.S. Ambassador in the Benghazi Attack Arrested

On Tuesday, November 8, Donald Trump announced the arrest of one of the suspects in the murder of the U.S. ambassador and the attackers of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in 2012. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. President stated that this individual will be tried on U.S. soil. During the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, in addition to Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, other Americans were also killed. Donald Trump indicated that he ordered U.S. special forces to arrest Mustafa Imam due to his role in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the murder of the U.S. ambassador. Mr. Trump emphasized that the U.S. will not rest until all those responsible for this attack are brought to justice. In this context, Rex Tillerson, the U.S. Secretary of State, also stated that the United States will not rest until justice is served regarding those responsible for the attack on the U.S. consulate. Rex Tillerson also praised the forces involved in the arrest of this individual. Jeff Sessions, the U.S. Attorney General, stated that Mustafa Imam will be tried on U.S. soil. Details of the operation to arrest Mustafa Imam have not yet been released. Following the attack on the U.S. consulate and the killing of the ambassador, Republican politicians accused the Barack Obama administration of negligence in this regard. In response, Barack Obama criticized his political rivals for politicizing a national tragedy. In this context, a committee was formed in the U.S. Congress to investigate this attack. Republicans accused Hillary Clinton, the then Secretary of State, of providing misleading information to the public regarding the reasons for the Islamist militants' attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.