WASHINGTON – Former Army Ranger Kris Paronto said he wanted to reach the screen and "smother" former President Barack Obama after the former commander-in-chief made reference to "wild conspiracy theories" surrounding the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. , which left four Americans dead.

Paronto, a CIA contractor who was part of the response to the attack, made the comment in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

"It's disgusting," Paronto told Fox News host Pete Hegseth, adding that he thought it showed Obama that he was a "narcissist" and an "elitist".

"It just raises the bile in me, I had a hard time watching the speech itself," he said.

"I just wanted to see what he had to say, and when that happened, I just wanted to get through the screen and catch him – grab him and choke him." and say, "Are you making fun of me? would you have the nerve to dishonor the memory of my teammates and what we did there that night in the so-called conspiracy?

Paronto, who criticized what he says is an order from the State Department to "resign" after his team first received the bombing, accused Obama and others left of "rewriting the story." Beghazi does not match their story. "

Paronto also sued Obama on Twitter, suggesting that the former "loose" president is trying to survive an event like the attack on the Benghazi complex.

Paronto said his account was suspended for his response to a Twitter user on the subject of Benghazi.

A special congressional investigation into the Benghazi attack severely criticized the military, CIA officials and the Obama administration for their answers and subsequent explanations to the American people.

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