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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVery 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 its more a matter of what hasnt changed. We started the interview with me asking how he told party leaders he was quitting.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)He supposedly won't until June 30
Sooo sooon
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)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.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Not gonna waste my time
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)What a schmuck. Good riddance.
yardwork
(61,604 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)yardwork
(61,604 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)bresue
(1,007 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)What an insult to our intelligence.....
UTUSN
(70,687 posts)"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.