Elijah Cummings: 'Jason Chaffetz appears to be taking marching orders directly from Trump's tweet'
Source: RawStory
DAVID EDWARDS
16 FEB 2017 AT 10:48 ET
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, blasted Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on Thursday for launching a fishing expedition into whistleblowers instead of investigating President Donald Trumps ties to Russia.
Chaffetz, who spent millions of dollars investigating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has rebuffed calls to look into why Trumps former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and other members of the presidents team allegedly had repeated contact with Russians during and after the 2016 campaign.
Instead, the Utah Republican asked Trumps Inspector General to look into the leaks that exposed Flynn. Chaffetzs request was made just hours after Trump wrote on Twitter that un-American leakers were divulging secrets like candy.
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Chairman Chaffetz appears to be taking his marching orders directly from President Trumps tweet yesterday, Cummings [link:https://medium.com/oversightdems/michael-flynns-lies-and-russia-ties-fa431ca79d40#.g4teq9cm1said in a statement on Thursday]. nstead of investigating General Flynns lies to the Vice President and the American people, as well as his troubling ties with Russia, the Chairman chose to target those who brought them to light.
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