It was Jason Chaffetz who manufactured the scandal with a tweet.

[ehrnst]

FBI Director James Comey alerted Republican members of Congress on Friday that bureau investigators would review some additional emails that might relate to Hillary Clinton’s email server. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee who has already vowed to spend the next several years investigating Clinton should she be elected president, quickly rushed to announce the news, falsely claiming that the case had been “reopened.

https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse/status/792047597040971776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


Minutes later, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan repeated Chaffetz’s incorrect assessment and demanded that Clinton’s classified intelligence briefings — something provided to both major party nominees — be ceased.

https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/792055432646889472/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

n a rally in New Hampshire, an ebullient Donald Trump told supporters, “The FBI has just sent a letter to Congress informing them that they have discovered new emails pertaining to the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s investigation and they are reopening into the case into her criminal and illegal conduct.”

Other Republicans in Congress were quick to make the same false claims.


Though nothing in Comey’s letter said the case was being reopened, an array of news outlets repeated Chaffetz’s incorrect characterization. NBC News initially posted a story with this framing, later changing the headline and lede to drop the claim. USA Today tweeted, falsely, that the FBI director had said the probe was being reopened. The Hill and Bloomberg also got the facts wrong.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-chaffetz-fbi-investigation-lies-e9fff5359102#.llhgc69jf

[anneboleyn]

1. Fox is still misreporting but that's no shocker. What pisses me off is cnn's incredibly

irresponsible coverage.

[Angry Dragon]

2. once again showing the country what great leaders the republicans would make

Obama should have investigated Bush for war crimes

[Dem2]

3. Now we know why that slimy little weasel opted back into Trump

He knew something, what a sleaze, hope this backfires on him.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Good old sh*tbag Jason knows he is safe.

Since Hillary's numbers were threatening the GOP in Utah,this little slug has been amping up his verbal toilet bowl slang.

[budkin]

5. Obviously, why wouldn't he?

Politics tbh

[Hugin]

7. I figured the ass Chaffetz would be partying hard with the Bundys.

Looks as if he was more interested in stirring the horseshit.