GOP Chair Of House Oversight Committee Declines Calls To Investigate Flynn Situation

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Feb 14, 2017

Earlier today, and to our complete surprise, no less, Nancy Pelosi joined in the chorus of angry liberals calling for further investigations into Trump’s ties to the Kremlin. The House Minority Leader expressed her faux outrage via a statement posted to twitter calling for, among other things, “a bipartisan, independent, outside commission to fully investigate Russia’s influence on the Administration and the election.” Ironically, we “do not recall” Pelosi asking for an “independent commission” when actual, tangible evidence emerged proving that Hillary and her team intentionally ignored a Congressional subpoena calling for the preservation of email records…we assume she just forgot.

Despite the outrage, Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Chair of the House Oversight Committee, confirmed earlier today that his panel won’t investigate the circumstances that led to Michael Flynn stepping down Monday as President Trump’s national security adviser. Instead, Chaffetz deferred to the House Intelligence Committee, which is already investigating Russia’s attempt to influence the presidential elections, a scope that includes campaign communications with the Russian government. Per The Hill:

“I think that situation has taken care of itself. I know that the Intel committee is looking into the hacking issue.”

“I think he did the right thing stepping down.”

“It really is the purview of the Intel Committee. They really are the only ones that can look at that type of information, particularly when you’re talking about interactions with a nation state like that. It’s not something the Oversight Committee can actually look at because sources and methods are the exclusive purview of the Intel Committee.”

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