WTF? Chaffetz seeks to charge ex-Clinton aide in email inquiry

[kpete]

WASHINGTON – The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, who has refused Democratic requests to investigate possible conflicts of interest involving President Donald Trump, is seeking criminal charges against a former State Department employee who helped set up Hillary Clinton's private email server.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday asking him to convene a grand jury or charge Bryan Pagliano, the computer specialist who helped establish Clinton's server while she was secretary of state.

Pagliano did not comply with two subpoenas ordering him to appear before the oversight panel. The GOP-led committee later voted to hold him in contempt of Congress.

Earlier this month, Chaffetz met with Trump at the White House and agreed not to discuss oversight. He has rebuffed calls for his panel to look into Trump's businesses and possible conflicts.

Chaffetz said in a statement that allowing Pagliano's conduct "to go unaddressed would gravely harm Congress' ability to conduct oversight."


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[Vinca]

1. Amazing. Treason in the headlines and they still dwell on Hillary's email.

The GOP must be the most unpatriotic organization to have ever existed. Party over country time and time again.

[NewJeffCT]

9. It keeps their base fired up

that's why they do it - they'll send out fundraising emails and letters based off of them trying to prosecute Crooked Hillary and her team.

[GeorgeGist]

2. More destruction.

[dem4decades]

3. The race for the most UnAmerican Republican in Congress is epic.

McConnell?
Ryan?
Chaffetz?

MConnell had the early lead but they're catching him in the back stretch.

[spanone]

4. meanwhile, chaffetz sees no need to investigate mike flynn. fuck republicans

[democratisphere]

5. republiCONs are digging their own political graves.

The backlash has already begun.

[Raster]

6. Rep. Jason Chaffetz --R, Liar/Hypocrite/Traitor, UT-- has begun to show his true colors...

...even in the face of OUTRIGHT MALFEASANCE of Mad King Donald* and his Cabinet of Collaborators, Representative Chickenshit willingly proceeds down his previously stated path to harass and harangue Clinton and her associates.

We see you, you little rethuglican puke. America sees you. And hopefully in the future, we'll all see you in handcuffs, frog-marched from the Capitol.

[kacekwl]

7. He's got big balls

I'll give him that but also is a big dick.

[SticksnStones]

8. You can fund raise off of a Clinton investigation...

If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say they expected Hillary to win, and factored that win - and the counterpunch they'd put up - in their fund raising targets.

I picture republican campaign accountants heaving a colossal "WTF, now what do we do" when she didn't win. Put a big kibosh on their $ goals...

[CincyDem]

11. Just like when the dog finally catches the car...."now what ????" n/t

[CincyDem]

10. Oh thank god...finally !!!

I have been beside myself these past 4 weeks worried that this guy was going to be out on the street, able to set up servers anywhere he pleases. It's been debilitating for me. Everyone I see with an iPhone or an Android, I wonder..."Is that thing connected to a Pagliano server".

Oh thank you Jason for making the world right for me.

With Pags behind bars, all will be right in the world and we can start living our promised Utopia.



These guys are such asshats.

[chelsea0011]

12. They're going after this guy? Nick Burns.

[Tanuki]

13. Jason, why don't you let us take a peek at all of YOUR e-mails

so we can see what it is that Putin is holding over your head and that you are terrified of having exposed if you fail to do his bidding?

[onyxw]

14. This'll be unpopular

but I think Chaffetz isn't wrong here. (that was painful to type)

Yes there are bigger fish to fry and I disagree with Chaffetz currently preventing/dragging feet on investigating Republicans, but Pagliano ignored subpoenas. Not just stonewalling with "I plead the fifth/On the advice of counsel I decline to answer". He just didn't even bother to show up. He had to know the consequences of that.

If we regain power in 2 years and were investigating some Trump scandal and a witness no-showed a subpoena, we'd be upset they blew it off too and would look to prosecute in order to compel testimony/diminish likelihood of future obstruction.