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riversedge

(70,239 posts)
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:10 AM Jul 2016

msnbc is covering FBI decision now..Rep Chaffetz

is repeating lots of Compey's smears


Chaffetz is biased--This is what Hillary is dealing with:





Comey on Capitol Hill

POLITICO's coverage of the FBI director's testimony.



Chaffetz: Clinton should 'probably be going to jail'


House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz presides over the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15. | AP Photo
Chaffetz: Clinton should 'probably be going to jail'

By Nick Gass

07/07/16 07:52 AM EDT

Ahead of FBI Director James Comey's testimony, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said he plans to explore the perceived dissonance between the tough language condemning Hillary Clinton's use of a private server as "extremely careless" and the conclusion that no "reasonable prosecutor" should move forward with the case.

"I worry that there are two standards: that if your name is Clinton or you're part of the rich and powerful, you live under a different set of rules than everybody else," Chaffetz told panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "Because it does appear based on the fact pattern laid out by the director that if you had done those things, you'd probably be in handcuffs, you'd probably be going to jail and probably should, based on the statute. So, we want to ask him about that and now that the Department of Justice said they're not going to prosecute, no reason they can't provide us all the information.".........





Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/james-comey-testimony/2016/07/clinton-email-jail-jason-chaffetz-225203#ixzz4DjSXR6Lc
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/james-comey-testimony/2016/07/clinton-email-jail-jason-chaffetz-225203

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msnbc is covering FBI decision now..Rep Chaffetz (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2016 OP
I had to turn it off. sarae Jul 2016 #1
Chaffestz should audition for a Hallmark movie teenagebambam Jul 2016 #2
Bagger Chaffetz trying so hard to be important in the Republican Party Sheepshank Jul 2016 #3
I feel like we're back in the McCarthy era. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #4
 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
3. Bagger Chaffetz trying so hard to be important in the Republican Party
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:40 AM
Jul 2016

why just a short whole ago, he threw in his hat for speaker (before Ryan accepted the mantel), and they laughed him out of the room.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
4. I feel like we're back in the McCarthy era.
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:41 AM
Jul 2016

Repukes are scary in their diabolical intent to destroy every Democrat they can. Hope these goons are voted out soon.

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