House Oversight Committee Chair Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on Wednesday called on the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate the firing of James Comey as the director of the FBI.
“Previously I asked Inspector General Horowitz to review the FBI’s actions in advance of the 2016 election. Today I sent a letter urging IG Horowitz to expand the scope of his review to include the decision to fire Director Comey. I look forward to receiving the IG’s findings,” Chaffetz said in a statement.
The inspector general for the Justice Department, Michael Horowitz, had announced in January that he would look into decisions made at the FBI in the run-up to the 2016 election, including those made as part of the probe into Hillary Clinton’s email use.
In a letter on Wednesday, Chaffetz asked Horowitz to look at “the facts and circumstances surrounding the removal of Director Comey.”
“You stated previously that your work includes an examination of whether Comey’s public communications and notifications to Congress about the Clinton investigation comported with Justice Department and FBI policies and procedures. You separately stated ‘if circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review.’ The recommendation to remove Comey indeed warrants such consideration,” Chaffetz wrote.
Chaffetz better watch himself. He already has one injured foot. I’m sure that some of Trump’s “associates” could take care of the other.
Hmmmmm…Chaffetz has no more fux to give as a Rep, apparently, and is trying to position himself as “Mr Clean” for the gubernatorial race. He smells the shitstorm coming and is moving as quickly as possible out of the way.
The rest of the Goopers apparently want to drown in the septic swamp.
Ditto for Ros-Lehtinen who, as a member of the Intelligence Committee, has probably seen some things that tell her that being elsewhere is going to be the smart move.
Jason, Jason, Jason…Aren’t you forgetting something? BENGHAZI!!!
Screw you, and the scooter you rode in on.
It’s more than that w Chaffetz–he may face charges himself for his role in releasing classified information about emails in July 2016.
Whatever his motivation at this point, he’s toast. Fascinating watching him as he tries to reposition to save his own skin.