Yes, the Jason Chaffetz bombshell is coming

[flamingdem]

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/yes-the-jason-chaffetz-bombshell-is-coming/2367/

When Jason Chaffetz announced yesterday that he won’t be seeking reelection in 2018 and won’t be running for any office, some pundits posited that he’s merely looking to avoid losing in the anti-Trump landslide expected in the midterms. But that doesn’t even make sense. No, this is all about a Chaffetz scandal that’s about to hit the fan.

Last week Palmer Report brought you the story the intel community sources who claim the FBI has learned that Russia has been holding blackmail material over Jason Chaffetz, in order to make sure the House Oversight Committee that he chairs will never investigate Donald Trump’s Russian election collusion scandal (link). Chaffetz’s announcement yesterday fits in line with this. The Republican Party does not need twenty months to find a suitable replacement in a district that red. So if he were merely afraid of losing reelection in 2018, he’d have waited awhile before making this announcement to see if the overall political winds might change direction in the mean time.

The only reason for Jason Chaffetz to announce this early that he’s not running again is if he’s sitting on a scandal that he knows is about to explode. By taking himself off the table for 2018, he’s hoping those with the dirt on him will be appeased into not releasing it after all. Who’s about to out him? Russia? The FBI itself? We don’t know which of these entities is forcing his hand this week, but he does. There’s widespread buzz on Twitter that not only won’t he finish out his term, but that he might resign tomorrow. This buzz is spreading so quickly that it’s difficult to even parse where it originated from. But there’s a reason for all this smoke.

Jason Chaffetz is surely trying to figure out whether his announcement yesterday is enough to keep the scandal from becoming public, or if he now needs to resign immediately in order to improve his odds. So the buzz you’re hearing is likely the result of the trial balloons Chaffetz himself is floating behind the scenes. Will he resign tomorrow? Next week? Will he finish out his term? Who knows. This is too chaotic to predict the particulars. But it’s precisely that chaos, that panic coming from Chaffetz, that tells us this is such a bombshell that it’s coming out one way or the other. It always does. The only question is whether the Chaffetz scandal explodes before or after he’s vacated his seat.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Oh. The Palmer Report. I'll believe it when a more reliable source reports it.

I don't think he's the Breitbart of the Left, as some have said, because he doesn't intentionally or maliciously report fake news. What he does do, however, is report as fact or strong likelihood material based on unsubstantiated rumor, guesswork and wishful thinking. So let's not hold our breaths on this one. Maybe it's true but it might be just a WAG.

[flamingdem]

3. I know, I usually am skeptical but I just cannot buy this BS about why he's stepping down

Something is UP!!

[bathroommonkey76]

5. You aren't skeptical.

I think you actually believe this guy.

How many Palmer Report posts do you have on DU? lol

[flamingdem]

6. Haven't posted one for weeks

Maybe you have me confused with another DUer

[womanofthehills]

34. Actually, Palmer has been right on lately

In November he wrote about the FISA warrants that CNN just covered a few days ago. He puts links in his articles to his sources. He is followed by Joy Reid, John Dean plus many others.

Palmer just followed this article with an updated one of a former Jason Chaffetz staffer saying Chaffetz is being investigated for campaign finance fraud.

“According to a former Jason Chaffetz staffer, Chaffetz is also the subject of an ongoing investigation for campaign finance fraud. A friend of Chaffetz at FBI told him the investigation could not be kept quiet for much longer, that Intel committee would soon find info on him. Benghazi has Russian ties too, but Chaffetz’s staffer could not verify the connection. Some of his current staffers may be implicated. Per the former Chaffetz staffer, this

is one of the reasons they resigned. The former staffer also says Chaffetz’s staff is in panic mode.”

This info is coming from Dave Bernstein

https://www.palmerreport.com/politics/report-former-staffer-confirms-jason-chaffetz-is-under-fbi-investigation/2375/

Anyway, we should know in the next few days if this is true because many on twitter seem to think he will be resigning tomorrow or shortly after.

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated

A Utah source now confirming that Chaffetz resignation expected as early as tomorrow.
11:25 AM - 20 Apr 2017 · Takoma Park, MD

[ginnyinWI]

25. +1 . nt

[triron]

2. fascinating read. some mystery surrounding this.

[bathroommonkey76]

4. Palmer sits around reading Louise Mensch and Claude Taylor tweets

then he turns those tweets into breaking news on his site.

Or he'll just make up some bullshit and post there for millions to share. He's nothing but click bait.

[L. Coyote]

15. The regurgitator with a donate button and an extra helping of hyperbole.

There are better ways to keep up with events as they happen. Follow people with real sources on your own Twitter feed.

[EthanBlue]

7. Thank goodness.

The last few days have been a beacon of hope with certain people going down for one thing or another. Days like this help me keep going and continue to fight.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Some other theories from Salon:

http://www.salon.com/2017/04/20/why-is-jason-chaffetz-running-away-a-rising-republican-star-just-doesnt-retire-from-congress-for-nothing/

[flamingdem]

9. No one believes the cover story

Chris Hayes will discuss it on his show this hour

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. I'm deeply concerned that the US will not have an adequate supply of shadenfruede.

When all is said and done.

Plus..I am betting Chaffetz has illegal money problems, and women problems.
If he IS being blackmailed, those are the most common tools to use.

[flamingdem]

12. I hope you're right!

Ah the shadenfraude

[Efilroft Sul]

16. Peak schadenfreude?

Perish the thought!

[flamingdem]

18. You win the spelling bee

and to think I studied Deutsch

[Efilroft Sul]

31. I get schadenfreude transfusions every third Thursday of the month.

Keeps me going in times like this!

[moonscape]

36. :)

[lastlib]

22. I think I'll call my broker......

and buy some short schadenfreude futures...! I may be in it!

[babylonsister]

10. OK, it's either Russia or making even more money being

a lobbyist. I'm thinking Russia; he seemed to love the limelight in Congress.

[flamingdem]

13. Kompromat makes people

do funny things, like leave an excellent job!

[malaise]

14. Stocking up on

[flamingdem]

19. We've been patient

Is it <Kompromat Time> yet?

[malaise]

20. The sooner the better

[oberliner]

17. Palmer Report is good at republishing people's twitter feeds

And asking for donations.

[Amaryllis]

21. Friends of the Earth asking people to contact their rep & demand Chaffetz step down from

the House Oversight Committee.

Chaffetz is the Chair of the House Oversight Committee. He's been using that role to sheild Trump from questions about his conflicts of interest. Now that he's given up any pretense of accountability to voters, Chaffetz must give up his oversight role. It's time for him to stop covering for Trump!

Tell your Representative: Replace Rep. Chaffetz as Chair of the House Oversight Committee!

Not sure if they mean step down entirely or just as chair. Probably step down entirely. It's a total conflict of interest.

[vkkv]

23. BRING IT ON !!!!!

[Tiggeroshii]

24. I just lost hope that it could happen simply because the palmer report says it will

[bucolic_frolic]

26. Or

avoiding international confrontations, it has been decided to make this whole
espionage situation with our 2016 elections go away quietly. Some will depart,
others will have limits, more will just go along more quietly.

Do we really want international implications? What if we tumble into some form
of political ineffectiveness or worse - chaos?

[Lint Head]

27. If there is a mole in the CIA as has been reported they are trying to locate

it makes sense that the Russians have information on Jason Chaffetz. The Russians probably have information on a lot of political figures now that there was a CIA Insider feeding information to Wiki.

[flamingdem]

29. That story is fascinating

How long are we going to have to wait to get the goods on that? You are right, the Russians know a whole lot and some in DC are sweating bullets. Trump doesn't seem any more bizarre than usual though.

[Marie Marie]

28. You are all so cynical.

I believe him when he says that he LOVES his family and just wants to spend more time with them.

[WinkyDink]

30. You're all slipping....."LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!"

[nycbos]

32. Take this with a grain of salt

[Justice]

33. Why not just resign? Why announce not running

So early? Why announce may resign?

Why not just resign?

Seems odd to announce future plans.

[womanofthehills]

35. Many on twitter think he will be resigning shortly -

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated

A Utah source now confirming that Chaffetz resignation expected as early as tomorrow.
11:25 AM - 20 Apr 2017 · Takoma Park, MD

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@kslnewsradio

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@LouiseMensch

Sources say there is kompromat on @jasoninthehouse; that this is why he turned and that @fbi know it. #traitorinthehouse
11:12 AM - 13 Apr 2017