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RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 01:26 PM Jun 2017

Very interesting read on Congressman Jason Chaffetz leaving congress.

You need to read the whole interview, not that long, and it gives a good insight into this congress, etc.

http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/full-measure-quitting-congress

WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Just a couple of months ago, we profiled Congressman Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee which was poised to dig deep on wide-ranging investigations into government mischief, waste, fraud and abuse. A few weeks later, Chaffetz abruptly resigned from Congress. We asked the "Oversight Man" what changed his mind about being a lead watchdog with not only a GOP majority in Congress, but also a Republican in the White House. He told me it’s more a matter of what hasn’t changed. We started the interview with me asking how he told party leaders he was quitting.

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Very interesting read on Congressman Jason Chaffetz leaving congress. (Original Post) RKP5637 Jun 2017 OP
He hasn't resigned yet Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #1
Jason Chaffetz loves to spin a story. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #2
Interesting! Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #4
Sinclair broadcast? joeybee12 Jun 2017 #3
Yep, I hesitated! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #6
Believe they own all but one Media outlet in utah. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #16
He's pretty good at deflection. GreenEyedLefty Jun 2017 #5
Don't trust anything Sinclair Broadcasting promotes. yardwork Jun 2017 #7
Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #8
It's sad that so much of our so-called news media is so corrupt. yardwork Jun 2017 #10
It is, and so pathetic where it's leading this country!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #12
Whatever happened to his crutches? I only seen him for a week on them.... bresue Jun 2017 #9
Maybe he returned them to Walmart! RKP5637 Jun 2017 #13
LOL! bresue Jun 2017 #15
"Reporter" ATTKISSON, ain't she the wingnut who CBS kicked out?!1 She lays her self out pretty thick UTUSN Jun 2017 #11
Yep, one in the same. Same old tricks! RKP5637 Jun 2017 #14
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. Jason Chaffetz loves to spin a story.
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 01:52 PM
Jun 2017

Chaffetz is bailing out to save his sorry rear end form something a heck of a lot more serious. The Buzz in his back is,Jason used Campaign Funds for his personal use and tried to blame it on someone else. Jason got a plea deal that apparently was sealed.

UTUSN

(70,687 posts)
11. "Reporter" ATTKISSON, ain't she the wingnut who CBS kicked out?!1 She lays her self out pretty thick
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 02:18 PM
Jun 2017

"Attkisson: Some people might think this is a great time to be a Republican chairman of an important committee because Republicans control the House, they're the majority in the Senate, and they hold the president's office. That means, you would think, that federal agencies can't stonewall investigations of spending, waste, fraud and abuse."

******* She calls him "Oversight Man", coos about how hard the fundraising job is, and he shows her his COT that he sleeps in in his congresscritter office (at LENGTH). When she asks which investigations he has been stonewalled out of pursuing, he lists Hillary's emails, the IRS, and Fast'n'Furious.

She must sympathize since she claimed that CBS froze her out on stories similarly critical of Dems/OBAMA.

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