House Oversight Committee Chair Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) let his Twitter followers know Wednesday that he is trying to get former FBI Director James Comey to testify at a hearing next week.
Chaffetz announced on Twitter that he scheduled a hearing for May 24 at 9:30 a.m. ET—but has yet to speak with Comey about it. He speculated that the fired FBI director “evidently has a new” phone number:
Officially noticed a hearing for next Wed at 9:30am ET with former FBI Dir Comey. But I still need to speak with him…evidently has a new #
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) May 17, 2017
Last week, the House Oversight chair called for the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate Comey’s termination.
In the wake of a subsequent, bombshell New York Times report that Comey documented a request President Donald Trump made for him to shut down an FBI investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Chaffetz said the committee “is going to get the Comey memo, if it exists.”
“I need to see it sooner rather than later,” he said. “I have my subpoena pen ready.”
Later Tuesday evening, Chaffetz sent a letter to acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe requesting “all memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings referring or relating to any communications” between Trump and Comey.
Sure gives one confidence in Chaffetz’s investigative ability, doesn’t it?
The subpoena pen only works on subpoenas? Different pen for grocery lists, phone numbers etc.?
Jason, can I call you Jason? Jase, I’m guessing, and it’s just a guess, but I’m guessing that maybe someone at the FBI might be able to get you that number.
Oh fer fuck’s sake. Are his staff a bunch of helpless idiots? He’s the fucking chair of the House Oversight Committee, and he can’t get his hands on Comey’s phone number?
Let me guess, they also can’t find his e-mail or snail-mail address?
So with no pony express or telegraph to fall back on, I guess smoke signals on Twitter is the best he can do.