In a possible setback to the otherwise high-flying presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, parents of two Americans killed in the Benghazi terrorist attack in 2012 have filed a lawsuit against her, alleging that her “reckless handling” of classified information as Secretary of State contributed to the deaths.
The lawsuit was filed on Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia by the Freedom Watch USA on behalf of Patricia Smith and Charles Woods for allegedly wrongfully causing the death of their sons, Sean and Tyrone respectively. It also alleged defamation and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
The attack on the US diplomatic post in Benghazi, libya had resulted in the death of four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods.
The lawsuit, according to Fox News, claims that owing to Clinton’s controversial use of a private email server, terrorists were able to “obtain the whereabouts of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and thus the US State Department and covert and other government operations in Benghazi”.
The lawsuit says the confidential and classified government information was “likely hacked by hostile adversaries such as Iran, Russia, China and North Korea aligning with terrorist groups”.