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TexasTowelie

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Sun Sep 10, 2017, 09:48 AM Sep 2017

In new book, Hillary Clinton compares Utah's Jason Chaffetz to villain from Les Miserables

Washington • On Inauguration Day, then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz earned a social media rebuke for posting a picture showing him shaking hands with Hillary Clinton, noting he was “so pleased she is not the president.”

“I thanked her for her service and wished her luck,” the Utah Republican wrote on Instagram. “The investigation continues.”

The Twitterverse thought Chaffetz, then head of the House Oversight Committee, was being petty and insulting on a day when Clinton was being gracious by attending her competitor’s inaugural.

Turns out, Clinton didn’t even know she was shaking hands with Chaffetz — her most dogged investigator until resigning in June.

Read more: http://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2017/09/08/in-new-book-hillary-clinton-takes-a-swipe-at-utahs-jason-chaffetz/

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In new book, Hillary Clinton compares Utah's Jason Chaffetz to villain from Les Miserables (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP
She shouldn't have shaken the fascist dirtbag's hand. Nt joeybee12 Sep 2017 #1
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