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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Senate Staffer Behind The Attack On The Trump-Russia Investigation
A great read on the "power behind Grassley's throne"
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-staffer-jason-foster-trump-russia-investigation
Foster who cut his teeth on Capitol Hill working on the staff of former Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., who fueled the theory of foul play in a Clinton aides suicide and called for required AIDS testing for all Americans drew the ire of many for his role in various Judiciary Committee investigations of the Obama administration.
Thats the way it seemed to go every time with Jason, conspiracy to the point it was ridiculous, said one Democratic aide who had dealt with Foster. The aide was one of several interviewed by ProPublica, Democrat and Republican, who would not be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the inner workings of Congress.
Fosters career, including his work on the committees Russia investigation, has caught the attention of the Trump administration. Foster has twice been approached about a possible job, an inspector general role, with the administration, a situation that some say should have required his recusal from work on the collusion inquiry.
Foster, 46, would not respond to questions about his work on the committee, and Grassleys office said its policy was not to comment on specific claims about individual staffers.
Thats the way it seemed to go every time with Jason, conspiracy to the point it was ridiculous, said one Democratic aide who had dealt with Foster. The aide was one of several interviewed by ProPublica, Democrat and Republican, who would not be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the inner workings of Congress.
Fosters career, including his work on the committees Russia investigation, has caught the attention of the Trump administration. Foster has twice been approached about a possible job, an inspector general role, with the administration, a situation that some say should have required his recusal from work on the collusion inquiry.
Foster, 46, would not respond to questions about his work on the committee, and Grassleys office said its policy was not to comment on specific claims about individual staffers.
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The Senate Staffer Behind The Attack On The Trump-Russia Investigation (Original Post)
DeminPennswoods
Mar 2018
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sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)1. Dirtbags. n/t
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)2. A hardcore wingnut:
In examining Fosters role in the committees Trump-Russia investigation, ProPublica discovered that a decade ago he had written an anonymous blog, using the handle extremist. The posts by Foster, who was then working for Grassley on the Senate Finance Committee, made clear he was some sort of D.C. insider, and he came across as a knowing observer as the country navigated the thorny political fights of the Bush and Obama eras.
But there were also plenty of times extremist lived up to his chosen name.
He warned of an Islamic takeover. He wrote that homosexuality was akin to incest. He questioned whether waterboarding really amounted to torture. He derided Obamas proposal to negotiate with the Taliban, and was particularly galled that the president doing so had the middle name Hussein. Liberals? They were anti-American.
He even mused about whether Sen. Joseph McCarthy, condemned as a demagogue for his 1950s anti-Communist crusade, should be remembered more kindly.
But there were also plenty of times extremist lived up to his chosen name.
He warned of an Islamic takeover. He wrote that homosexuality was akin to incest. He questioned whether waterboarding really amounted to torture. He derided Obamas proposal to negotiate with the Taliban, and was particularly galled that the president doing so had the middle name Hussein. Liberals? They were anti-American.
He even mused about whether Sen. Joseph McCarthy, condemned as a demagogue for his 1950s anti-Communist crusade, should be remembered more kindly.
madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)3. Vile human being.
What makes a person choose to be a right wing freak?
DFW
(54,378 posts)4. Works for Grassley, it figures
"Chuck" (that's what his wife calls him) Grassley is already one of the most despicable members of the Senate. It figures that he'd have such a sleazebag working for him.
murielm99
(30,740 posts)5. Dan Burton,
Watermelon Dan.
Burton was so obsessed with the Vince Foster death that he did some shooting experiments in his back yard long after everyone else had moved on. He shot guns at watermelon to try to prove how Clinton could have murdered Vince Foster.
This particular Foster sounds as sleazy as his former boss.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)6. We shall see what happens now that he's been outed
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