I thought that ability was a Republican Congressional resume-enhancer.
Posted on 03/17/2017 9:15:31 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) remains intent on finishing the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server and lambasted the State Department on Wednesday for delaying the release of relevant documents.
"We need to understand the gravity of this. There is a reason the State Department, years after, is still holding off on giving us documents," Chaffetz told Fox News. "The more they want to hold them, the more curious we are on what's in them."
Chaffetz, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has committed to further probe Clinton's email activity even after she lost the presidential election to Donald Trump.
Chaffetz said he believes the investigation will continue well into 2018 and charged that up to 300 people at the State Department may have mishandled classified information.
He called the department "dreadfully slow" in turning over about 30,000 additional documents relevant to the probe.
The FBI investigated Clinton's email practices last year to determine if she mishandled classified material over her private server while serving as secretary of state. The agency eventually recommended that no criminal charges be filed against Clinton. The Justice Department said that it accepted the FBI's findings.
Chaffetz has repeatedly pushed to continue the investigation following President Trump's inauguration.
On Feb. 16, the Utah Republican sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking the Justice Department to prosecute Bryan Pagliano, a former State Department IT technician who set up Clinton's private email server in her home.
Pagliano failed to comply with multiple congressional subpoenas.
The letter was attacked by the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.), who said Chaffetz's efforts were a waste of time and resources.
Fu*k you Chaffetz!
This RINO is all talk, no action!
Trump/Tillerson way way too slow to clean house at State. The “holdovers” are doing inestimable damage on a daily basis. Someone needs to get the “hairball” out of the drain in the DC Swamp and get the effluent flowing again.
THIS IS NOT JUST A CLINTON ISSUE - IT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE
WHAT DID SHE REVEAL AND HOW MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE
everyone sit tight and wait for.......Nothing. Even if they had video of Clintoon and Obama Having $ex with goats on the front lawn, CONgress will do nothing. They are Trumps worst enemy. Supreme court Justice???? assistant AG?????? Obamacare repeal????? tax relief????? Immigration????? NOTHING but stalling and undermining Trump.
I thought that ability was a Republican Congressional resume-enhancer.
It is reasonable to link the two events.
I thought that ability was a Republican Congressional resume-enhancer.
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Exactly! :-D
I'm in a forgiving mood for a few more weeks. It's only been a week (or so) since Trump's cabinet has been in place. That blame rests solely on "Republicans" in the US Senate who enabled dems to slow-walk confirmation hearings.
It's not going to be easy to drain that swamp, when just about everything that dwells there needs to be removed from influencing anything that replaces it.
curious? Is that what we’re calling a felony now?
Didn't know they had a choice. What the F is wrong with our government? Heads needs to start rolling now!
Everyone at state who is blocking release of these emails should be fired. And don’t bother to replace them. They haven’t been doing their jobs, so obviously we don’t need them.
This should show folks how reliable and honorable our government is and that includes our intelligence agencies.
Donald Trump may be America’s last hope.
Isn't that the nature of the scandal in the first place? Or did I miss something (that can happen)?
Toothless Chaffing.
Didn’t know they had a choice. What the F is wrong with our government? Heads needs to start rolling now!
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These RINOs are freaking useless!
I hate to say it, but Trey Gowdy does a lot of barking, but has no bite! The GOP are useless!
How about an update on whether FBI will prosecute Hillary
on Bengahzi perjury when you questioned Comey ?
You can call him ‘Schumer number two’...
EXCERPT ... reports that architects of some of President Obama’s worst foreign policies are making policy at Trump’s State Department.
According to Jordan Schachtel of Conservative Review, Ms. Nowrouzzadeh “has burrowed into the government under President Trump” and “is now in charge of Iran and the Persian Gulf region on the policy planning staff at the State Department.”
Schachtel tells us that Nowrouzzadeh is a former employee of the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), a non-profit that is accused of being a lobbying group for the Iranian regime. NIAC’s current president, the odious Trita Parsi, has long held close relationships with top officials in the Tehran dictatorship. In February, a group of over 100 prominent Iranian dissidents called for Congress to investigate NIAC’s ties to the Iranian regime.
According to Schachtel, Nowrouzzadeh had a big hand in the Iran nuclear deal, which Trump repeatedly has called “a disaster.” Indeed, says Schachtel, “one of Nowrouzzadeh’s primary duties under President Obama was to promote initiatives that pushed the Iran deal.”
--SNIP -- Next, consider the case of Brett McGurk. He held various high level positions in the Obama administration (as well as Bush administration), most recently the job of Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (known outside of the Obama bubble as ISIS). McGurk was an odd choice to lead a global coalition against ISIS.
McGurk was the point man on this pro-Iran policy, famously arranging for Iran to get $400 million in cash delivered on wooden pallets to the IRGC in exchange for American hostages.
It gets worse:
Remember when the Trump administration promised to make public the secret agreements that Obama made with Iran? McGurk signed some of the secret documents, relieving sanctions on a key financial hub of Iran’s ballistic-missile program, and dropping charges against 21 Iranian operatives linked to terrorism. Notably, none of those documents has actually been made public.
Maybe that’s because McGurk’s name is on them, or maybe it’s because former National Iranian American Council staffer Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Obama’s NSC director for Iran, is now on the policy-planning staff in Trump’s State Department. The Iran Deal seems like even more of a done deal with every new ballistic-missile test.
Smith identifies more Obama administration stalwarts with key policy-making roles under Trump/Tillerson:
Syria is another area where the Trump White House is now appointing the same people to carry out the same policies that made America great under Obama. The Obama State Department’s special envoy to Syria, Michael Ratney, threatened the Syrian rebels on behalf of Vladimir Putin—if you do not adhere to the phony Cessation of Hostilities agreement that neither Bashar al-Assad, Tehran, nor Moscow will obey, you will legitimize Russian air strikes against you, with American diplomatic support.
--SNIP-- Other notable figures the Trump team kept on include the State Department’s Tom Shannon, whom Kerry dispatched to do damage control once it got out that the Obama administration was trying to give Iran access to the dollar.
Chris Backemeyer, the State Department’s principal deputy coordinator for sanctions policy, is still there, too. His job under Obama was to persuade companies around the world to invest in Iran, despite their wariness of the next administration reimposing sanctions or tearing up the deal.
--SNIP--- more on FR
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