House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz: Oversight won't investigate Flynn - Polidicks

[quote] House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said Tuesday that his panel won't investigate the circumstances that led to Michael Flynn stepping down Monday as President Trump's national security adviser. Instead, Chaffetz deferred to the House Intelligence Committee, which is already investigating Russia's attempt to influence the presidential elections, a scope that includes campaign communications with the Russian government. "I think that situation has taken care of itself. I know that the Intel committee is looking into the hacking issue," Chaffetz told reporters. "I think he did the right thing stepping down." The Washington Post reported Monday night that then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates had warned the White House counsel before Trump fired her last month that Flynn had misled the public about his communications with the Russian ambassador after the Obama administration announced sanctions in response to election-related hacking. Flynn stepped down from his post within hours after the report was published, saying in his resignation letter that he "inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador." Law enforcement agencies discovered Flynn's communications during routine surveillance of the Russian ambassador. [/Quote] [URL="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/319410-gop-chairman-oversight-wont-investigate-flynn"]The Hill[/URL]

So what does Chaffetz actually do in the Committee? All I hear is him 'not investigating something'.

[quote]saying in his resignation letter that he "inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador."[/quote] A lie so transparent, it's practically invisible.

I guess it's just a house committee, no oversight.

[QUOTE=Selek;51821321]So what does Chaffetz actually do in the Committee? All I hear is him 'not investigating something'.[/QUOTE] Well a month ago he said he wanted to keep investigating Hillary so that should give you some idea.

He's putting party above country.

Yet the investigation on Hillary's emails is still ongoing. Why am I even surprised anymore.

[QUOTE=Llamaguy;51821363]He's putting party above country.[/QUOTE] Luckily his constituents seem [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/republican-town-halls-obamacare/"]absolutely pissed[/URL], but like most representatives too secure with their seats he seems to be following the standard tactic of [URL="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/chaffetz-claims-town-hall-protesters-were-paid-outsiders.html"]"you're not real and I won't represent you."[/URL] If Chaffetz keeps going on and on about "but her emails" and refuses to investigate anything fishy within our current government, there should be a massive campaign in his district to get him primaried. He's not even spineless - he just doesn't believe people care and he continues to pander to the anti-Clinton angle when even Trump admitted he doesn't care anymore.

now this is a thread where bringing up the hypocrisy surrounding hillary is relevant

Officials doing things like this makes them complicit in whatever comes to surface over the next few years.

[QUOTE=One of Isak's articles] Chaffetz wrote off the protesters as Democrats who couldn’t come to terms with the election of President Trump and just wanted to lash out. “You could see it online a couple days before, a concerted effort in part to just cause chaos,” Chaffetz insisted. “Democrats are in disbelief that they have nothing but flailing and screaming to deal with this.” [/QUOTE] Are they [I]still[/I] trying to push that "ur just sore losers lol" bullshit?

[QUOTE=Selek;51821321]So what does Chaffetz actually do in the Committee? All I hear is him 'not investigating something'.[/QUOTE] 1. Hillary's emails 2. The Jim Henson Company [quote]The chairman of the powerful panel — the main investigative committee in the House — sent a letter to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demanding to know why, in an attempt to raise awareness of the Zika virus, “CDC appears poised to make a sole source award to the Jim Henson Company for $806,000 to feature Sid the Science Kid in an educational program about the virus.”[/quote] LOCK HIM UP!!

In hindsight, the fact that people thought this dude was being genuine at the inauguration when he met Clinton is hilariously naive. Dudes a partisan hack just like the rest.

Maybe the whole 'Crooked Hillary' thing was classic projection...