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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre you puzzled by the actions of Jason Chaffetz?
I was very surprised by his comments about General Flynn and the investigation. I never expected any Republican to come out and say what he did?
I thought he had given his notice? That he was leaving? Maybe this week? Everybody was wondering what was going on with him? Was it an affair and he needed to save his marriage? Or was he, himself, involved with the Russians?
Something seemed to have changed his mind from only a week or so ago. At that time, he had no intention of investigating anything about Trump or the Russians. But, yesterday was definitely a change in his wording and his demeanor.
Does he know something big and is getting in front of it to protect himself? Or did he think that if he came out in support of the investigation, he would be blackballed by the Republican Party and he would not have a future in the Republican Party? I don't think that is likely, but there has been a change in Jason Chaffetz.
shraby
(21,946 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)I think he thinks they can deflect all the Russia stuff onto Flynn, who after all, isn't there any more. Plus bonus of trying to tie him to Obama ( even though the story doesn't gibe at all).. It's safe territory.
kentuck
(111,095 posts)He could be part of the plan to blame it all on General Flynn.
madokie
(51,076 posts)and trying to save his sorry ass anyway he can
He's not the sharpest tool in the shed by any measure
2naSalit
(86,614 posts)kstewart33
(6,551 posts)Trump can no longer damage him and he knows it.
The guy is literally walking with a spring in his step. It almost seems like he wants to do the right thing and follow developments wherever they go.
I hope he sticks around for awhile. Let's see what happens with him. I think it's going to get interesting.
kentuck
(111,095 posts)He could go from a goat to a hero.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Representative Chaffetz is never going to be a hero. But he might get his committee moving in the right direction.
No matter what, he's still a jackass.
Leith
(7,809 posts)It's more likely that he is sticking around to move the committee in the wrong direction.
If he does quit, he's just following Palin's lead.
2naSalit
(86,614 posts)he has been given a plea deal by Comey to rat the rest out... which is entirely within his personality profile.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)protect Trump. Trump is going to end up saying he didn't know his team was colluding with Russia. They must think we are idiots.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)world wide wally
(21,743 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)global1
(25,248 posts)was involved with Russia from the beginning. Trump will go down and he will take the majority of the Repug Party with him.
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)Cheeto and cartel are blocking at every turn.
It's AG Schneiderman from NY who will do the most damage - T can have assets seized from RICO charges, and can't pardon anyone because it's not federal but state.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)MrPurple
(985 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Last I heard, he was having a long-time affair and the Russians knew it.
There are so many involved or alleged to be involved that it's hard to keep track. I wouldn't be surprised if Chaffetz and Nunes flip to save their sorry asses.
mcar
(42,331 posts)Makes me think someone has something big on him.
2naSalit
(86,614 posts)probably by the highest bidder as to his comfort and wealth. At this point, it may well be the FBI who owns him and now that he is somewhat immune to the tidal wave to come, he's looking at his "special place" in the world and will possibly try to take credit for saving the nation if it all works out in favor of the country.
Aristus
(66,369 posts)less of Chaffetz is a good thing.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)This was obvious when Flynn was fired to save pence. Pence knew nothing, Flynn lied to pence, remember? So, ergo Trump knows nothing. Flynn is the sacrificial lamb. And he knows it. And he said he is willing to testify for immunity -- all the more reason to skewer him.
How long do we think General Flynn has been a Russian asset?
Rep. Cummings: White House refuses to provide a single piece of paper #Flynn #Russia
kentuck
(111,095 posts)Why did Trump take so long?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Once they knew there was irrefutable evidence, they had to react. Beforehand it may have been easier to think they could still cover up all Russian meetings everyone was lying about.
He is planning on running for governor in a couple of years. He doesn't want to be closely associated with the investigation of Trump et al. He is a snake, only looking out for himself.
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get the red out
(13,466 posts)I have been trying to figure out what the backstory is and nothing I have thought of seems to fit.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)get the red out
(13,466 posts)the shit en route to the fan then? I hope it hits!
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Jason Chaffetz is so ambitious that his last name is a verb.
In the political world, to Chaffetz means to throw a former mentor under the bus in order to get ahead, and various prominent Republicans, from former Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. to House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, have experienced what it's like to get Chaffetzed. But the five-term Utah Republican and powerful chairman of the House oversight committee shocked Washington on Wednesday when he announced he would not seek reelection in 2018 or run for any other political office that year in order to spend more time with his family.
Running over people who helped him on the way up was becoming something of a pattern for Chaffetz. He'd chaired the oversight committee for less than a year before launching an audacious bid for speaker of the House when John Boehner retired. Aside from being a very junior member of Congress, Chaffetz's bid for the speakership also meant he would be running against his friend and former champion, Rep. Kevin McCarthy. As House Majority Leader, McCarthy had helped to launch Chaffetz's rise in the House, dispensing with old seniority rules and working to promote telegenic young legislators, including Chaffetz. Hearing the news about the Chaffetz challenge, Jon Huntsman tweeted: ".@GOPLeader McCarthy just got "Chaffetzed." Something I know a little something about. #selfpromoter #powerhungry
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On February 9, Chaffetz got a wake-up call when he returned to Utah for a town hall, where he was besieged by a hostile, heckling crowd, shouting "Do your job," and "We want to get rid you." These listening sessions are typically subdued affairs, but this one drew hundreds of angry constituents, who demanded to know why the chairman of the House oversight committee was not doing more to investigate President Trump. (A pair of Utah Republicans recently bought a billboard on the highway to Chaffetz's Utah office that asks, "Why won't Chaffetz investigate the Trump-Russia connection?"
Chaffetz's district is one of the reddest in the nation, and he's used to being popular at home. He was reelected last November with nearly 75 percent of the vote. But after four easy reelection campaigns, his poll numbers have plunged to their lowest levels ever. Before he announced that he would not seek reelection, opponents on his left and the right were lining up to take him on. Trump nemesis Rosie O'Donnell recently donated $2,700the maximum allowed by lawto Chaffetz's Democratic opponent, Kathryn Allen, giving her fledgling campaign a Twitter boost that has helped Allen rake in more than $500,000 in contributions. The former independent presidential candidate, Evan McMullin, who launched his anti-Trump effort in Utah, had suggested he might consider challenging Chaffetz or Hatch.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The Utah Rethugs are making their choice for his replacement. Hunch says,he is working the system in order to avoid going to jail. 10 million slush money will take him down,and he is facing Campaign funds usage in his own backyard.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)on some items,and to the State Courts,he will get his hands slapped by the Local Judge who belongs to the same Ward. Utah Politics is about as dirty as it comes.
BumRushDaShow
(128,993 posts)http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/not-trumps-fault-house-oversight-chair-chaffetz-blames-obama-adminstration-for-failing-to-vet-flynn/
awesomerwb
(139 posts)Whatever his motives are you can be sure that he only has his and his party's best interests at heart. Period.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)he bears careful watching.