Trump Told Chaffetz Not To Talk Oversight In Oval Office Meeting

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published FEBRUARY 8, 2017, 8:29 AM EDT

President Donald Trump met with Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, on Tuesday at the White House, but the two did not discuss oversight at the request of the President.

"Before my bum even hit the chair, the president said, 'No oversight. You can’t talk about anything that has to do with oversight,'" Chaffetz told reporters following his meeting with Trump, according to Politico.

They did not discuss oversight of the Trump administration or investigations into Hillary Clinton, Chaffetz said.

Instead, the two talked about Chaffetz's legislative priorities, like changing the U.S. Postal Service, ramping up embassy security abroad, and and reforming the federal civil service, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chaffetz-meeting-trump

[geek tragedy]

1. Cuck nt

[JHan]

2. +++++

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. It's an important Constitutional principle: the coagulation of power.

In a Republican administration, the Republican president tells the Republican congressional committee head what to do, and that's that.

[Doitnow]

10. Here it comes------reThugs fighting each other. Because they are all rotten, they

will eventually betray each other. Each one holds allegiance only to himself. tRump is trying to usurp power from everyone. That's a dictator, folks.

[DetlefK]

4. But, but, but... Emails! Benghazi! "Lock her up!" ... Whatever happened to that?

[Trust Buster]

5. Doesn't the family of the Navy Seal that died in Yemen during a botched raid deserve answers ?

[DK504]

9. The tub of idiots

annouced the name of the SEAL's wife. Sweet Jesus.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Destroying oversight is a hallmark of an Authoritian / Fascist regime. . . nt

[Paladin]

7. Chaffetz, offering his "bum" to trump.

How unsurprising.

[wordpix]

8. More power grabbing & if they get SCOTUS majority

we're completely doomed and will be set back 100 yrs.

MAYBE US won't return to slavery and murdering Native Americans but all else we've fought for as a nation, forget it.