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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 12:34 PM Jan 2017

House Oversight Chair (Chaffetz): I'm Not Gonna Investigate Trump's Voter Fraud Claims

By LAUREN FOX Published JANUARY 25, 2017, 6:19 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA – House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) says he sees "no evidence" that millions of undocumented immigrants voted in the 2016 election that and his committee won't be using taxpayer dollars to investigate President Donald Trump's allegation.

Chaffetz told reporters at the congressional GOP retreat Wednesday in Philadelphia that if Trump wants an investigation, he can get the Department of Justice to look into it. He's not interested.

"On the voter fraud issue that really happens at the county level. I don't see any evidence, but the President has 100,000 people at the Department of Justice that if he wants to do an investigation, have at it. I just don't see any evidence of it," Chaffetz said.

When asked if he thought it might be a waste of time or taxpayer dollars, Chaffetz said, "That's why I'm saying the Oversight Committee is not planning to do anything with it."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-oversight-chair-won-t-investigate-trump-s-voter-fraud-allegations

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House Oversight Chair (Chaffetz): I'm Not Gonna Investigate Trump's Voter Fraud Claims (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
Too Close For Comfort... global1 Jan 2017 #1
Has anyone ever seen Rep. Chaffetz and Reince Priebus in the same SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #2

global1

(25,242 posts)
1. Too Close For Comfort...
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 12:57 PM
Jan 2017

Chaffetz is worried that such an investigation could expose Repugs dirty tricks in the election process and sink them.

SammyWinstonJack

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2. Has anyone ever seen Rep. Chaffetz and Reince Priebus in the same
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 01:31 PM
Jan 2017

room at the same time. Just wondering....

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