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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCiting health issues, Jason Chaffetz takes immediate leave from Congress
According to CNN:
Chaffetz to miss 3-4 weeks for surgery
"My recovery is expected to take three to four weeks," the Utah Republican said. "I'm sorry to miss the important work we are doing in Washington. This is not an opportune time to be away but medical emergencies are never convenient. I appreciate my constituents' patience and understanding as I take time to recover."
OK, guys.....who is gonna hold the bets here????
I say he does not return...who is with me???
I also think there is campaign money fraud, involving Russians, and woman issues.
just to refresh memories:
April 20th:
Absolutely, Positively Not: Chaffetz Says Hes Not Leaving Congress Due to an Impending Scandal
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028958088
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)And the money may have come from Russia? So, if Chaffetz quits now, how much of that money can he keep?
Link to tweet
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)It's almost impossible to keep up with all of the shady deals...
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)How much Russian money flowed to the Republicans this cycle?
Walker $1million
Rubio $1 million
McConnell $4 million
....
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Funny that he said Flynn committed a crime before departing. Something is up.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)....inquiries in the investigations that need to be done...
My gut tells me he is not coming back, this surgery is a convenient excuse and he is being blackmailed and knows it's wrong what he has done and by leaving, the power if the blackmail isn't as powerful and he might be later be given more lenient judgment if he shows some courage and real patriotism and actually upholding his oath to uphold that constitution.
Here's to hoping he gives us a nice parting gift that would be hard for another compromised Republican who takes his place to reverse without a lot of public scrutiny.
malaise
(269,157 posts)unless it will lesson his sentence
Truth will out!
Goodheart
(5,335 posts)he includes his x-rays as evidence!
Sorry, Jason, the pictures don't prove your integrity but only add to your fishiness. Immediate distrust is the consequence of your constant perfidy.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)That's the biggest load of manure to come out of ChaffedNutz' mouth in quite some time. Unless his foot has gangrene, I'm pretty sure this procedure is not an emergency. He is trying to slip out the back door to avoid something.
Luciferous
(6,084 posts)Sounds like he's getting out before the shit hits the fan.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)Perhaps the kompromat that we have been told exists regarding chaffetz is that he has an opioid addiction. He could be using the "foot hardware problem" as an excuse for his opioid use.
Disclaimer: The above is total conjecture on my part and I have no proof.
Warpy
(111,329 posts)but that's really unlikely after 12 years. Sometimes internal fixation hardware has to be removed or revised but it sounds just a little too convenient to me.
Still, it's a leave, not an outright resignation, even though resignation rumors have been flying for the past week. It will be interesting to watch, anyway.
Pop some more corn, it's going to be a long two years.
womanofthehills
(8,758 posts)and that it had nothing to do with his health.
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)I remember him saying that and not one word about emergency surgery. Hmmmm....
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)which may or may not be that big of a deal to him.
but, since everybody in the country by now knew he was planning to skedaddle, he is fooling no one.
Leith
(7,813 posts)Hasn't he ever heard of wheelchairs? He wouldn't be the first or last member of Congress wheeled around the Capitol and do his job. Is that the best excuse he could come up with?
You're right. Something is definitely up with him.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)It's perfect!
Fucker, wants to bash welfare recipients but can't work through a simple orthopedic surgery. Come on, it's not like you do a job where you're on your feet for 8 hours. Sorry excuse.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)Buck up. A few years ago, I broke my foot, had a cast up to my knee and still managed to go to Disneyland IN A WHEELCHAIR and even went on most of the rides! Surely, with all the amenities of Congress, you might be able to get to work and do your job from a wheelchair. Lots of people do it on a permanent basis yet you are whining about being laid up for a few weeks. Ask Tammy Duckworth for some tips; she manages beautifully!
........ unless you want to share your REAL reason for going into hiding.
womanofthehills
(8,758 posts)or could be in a wheelchair. First he was quitting because he needed to spend more time with his wife.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)He acts like he is having a major organ transplant or something. Sorry JasonInTheHospital, we aren't buying it.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)JssonInTheHospital
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)We can hope!
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)onenote
(42,747 posts)Which effectively starts May 5, the week after his surgery.
lastlib
(23,271 posts)I'll bet on it.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)snort
(2,334 posts)Skittles
(153,178 posts)and him posting xrays really smacks of desperation
If you are going to lie, don't provide more details (or an x-rays) than necessary.
So last week it was, I need family time, my wife is perfect (hint affair), I'm running for governor of Utah in 2020 or President in 2028 and this wasn't because of a scandal.
This week, uh, well, I got serious health problems and got to go now. By the way, I'm so honest, here are my x-rays and a really detailed reason why I have to go now.... But I'll be back!
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)is pretty sure that this is rarely an emergency and it is not something that should keep him from work if he really wanted to be there. I am sure there is handicapped access all over the Capitol if needs crutches/walker or wheelchair during his recovery.
This weasel is running and hiding.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)I'm in TN too!
underpants
(182,868 posts)and the Capital is ADA compliant
BumRushDaShow
(129,367 posts)'Nuff said.
Big_K
(237 posts)angrychair
(8,732 posts)Nuff said
davsand
(13,421 posts)Removing hardware from my foot" is new and fresh.
Laura
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uponit7771
(90,359 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)very dim, tho.
This guy, tho, thinks his bs will fly. That is the same poor judgment which got him into this mess in the first place.
Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)These guys are trying to save their skin.
LeftInTX
(25,515 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Like Nunes, this is aberrant behavior foreshadowing an event known to Chaffetz. The timing is not a coincidence and the gravity must be enormous for him to take this measure at this time.
Justice
(7,188 posts)uponit7771
(90,359 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Snarkoleptic
(5,998 posts)legal team, in a somewhat late bid to inoculate himself from the Putin contagion.
Like a rat fleeing a sinking ship, he's an early adopter of the "running from D.C." tactic, in advance of the scandal tidal wave. #TrumpRussia
Silent3
(15,259 posts)...remaining limbs."
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)dalton99a
(81,567 posts)wildeyed
(11,243 posts)This is just bizarre behavior. He is leaving immediately to get hardware remove that has been in his foot for 12 years? Please....
Justice
(7,188 posts)irisblue
(33,019 posts)chillfactor
(7,580 posts)only then will I believe it.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)I'm sure he wouldn't want to be out of the picture at such an interesting moment.....
yardwork
(61,698 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)...that said last week that JC might drop out of Congress sometime this week? This may be his ham-handed compromise; giving himself a month to gauge his political (and legal) vulnerability.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)womanofthehills
(8,758 posts)Claude Taylor Retweeted Louise Mensch
A 2nd source is claiming that the Russians knew about Chaffetz's affair and were blackmailing him.
Louise Mensch Retweeted Claude Taylor
Claude has very reliable info. My sources say however that Chaffetz kompromat is Russian money laundering.
George II
(67,782 posts)Maybe he came down with Russian Flu overnight?
womanofthehills
(8,758 posts)Chaffetz said THAT HE HAD NO HEALTH ISSUES.
Backwoodsrider
(764 posts)But knows he must run from Trump and the DC GOP before the circus hits the wall. He doesn't want any of the Trump family Russia BS to splash on his white skin so he is running away like some others who got a peak in the door at the coups d'état Trump and Putin tried to pull
LakeArenal
(28,837 posts)OH Yeah, he's still covered.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,021 posts)Just sayin'
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)It explains his announcement last week...it explains him throwing Flynn under the bus yesterday. ..it explains his lame excuse for needing to get out of Dodge today.
Hmmm.
Maine-i-acs
(1,499 posts)And he can hear lawnmowers coming.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)I don't like the guy but that's going to hurt.
stage left
(2,965 posts)uponit7771
(90,359 posts)Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)said, "What they say isn't worth the paper it's printed on."
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)full of hardware, but no one's talking about taking it out.
And what happens when they remove all those screws? Isn't it in there because it needs to be?
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)this past September. Doctor said at the time that some people -like athletes or avid ski-ers, for example (didn't note congressmen) - have the hardware removed at a later date...that was presented as an option, any time.
So my guess is he brainstormed for some excuse to fade out of Washington, remembered the removable hardware in the ankle and PRESTO! A plausible excuse is born!
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)Obamacare will pay for the surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
riversedge
(70,282 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)What a load of BS...
I can't wait till someone nails his smarmy behind.
DarthDem
(5,256 posts)Utterly confused by this doosh.
Kingofalldems
(38,469 posts)womanofthehills
(8,758 posts)Jason Chaffetz now says that hes immediately taking leave from Congress due to a problem with his foot. Considering the controversial roller coaster of events surrounding Chaffetz over the past two weeks, this is not particularly plausible. Sure, hes having the foot surgery. But its for a twelve year old injury (CNN), and hes using it as a timely excuse to bail. It may be that hes stuck between a rock and a hard place, the rock being Russia and the hard place being the FBI.
Consider the sequence of events here. Twelve days ago, intelligence community sources began asserting that the FBI was looking into Jason Chaffetz being blackmailed by Russia (link). Then suddenly, five days ago, Chaffetz announced out of nowhere that he wont be running for reelection, even though hes just three months into his current term. He also said hes seeking private sector jobs, and that he may not finish his current term. Then, immediately after his announcement, one of his own former staffers asserted that Chaffetz illegally took Russian money and that the FBI caught him (link).
Then yesterday, when Congress was back in session for the first time since any of the above events, Jason Chaffetz was suddenly using his chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee to go hard after Michael Flynn in a manner which made Donald Trumps White House look like its trying to cover up the Russia scandal. And now today, after Chaffetz spent just one day actively investigating Trump-Russia, suddenly hes taking a prolonged leave from Congress to address an old issue with his foot even though he just got done saying that HE HAD NO HEALTH ISSUES when he announced that he wont seek reelection.
So lets say Chaffetz has long been preventing his House Oversight Committee from doing any serious investigating into the Trump-Russia scandal, because Russia has been blackmailing him into not pursuing it. Further, lets say that the FBI is now forcing Chaffetz to allow his committees investigation to properly move forward, by threatening to prosecute him if he keeps obstructing. And lets say that Russia really didnt like seeing Chaffetz on television cameras yesterday, going after Flynn and Trump, and the Kremlin threatened to release the blackmail material its holding on him if he keeps going.
https://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/jason-chaffetz-leaves-congress-blaming-a-foot-problem-is-he-stuck-between-russia-and-the-fbi/2466/
R B Garr
(16,973 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,696 posts)Probably fillings from his teeth.
still_one
(92,371 posts)it takes time to remove the foot out of one's mouth
JI7
(89,262 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)Is needed.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)If anything, he may need crutches at most. Makes no sense.
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onenote
(42,747 posts)Not surprising that he'd take a week off to have the surgery and recover. Then Congress is effectively in recess for around ten days. He says he'll be back after that.
A lot of speculation here, which is fine. But I won't be surprised if he is back in mid May.
angrychair
(8,732 posts)You can be back walking and normal the same day. It is only an "emergency" in extreme situations. The riming seems very awkward...
Wednesdays
(17,402 posts)JudyM
(29,265 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)nt
LeftInTX
(25,515 posts)Usually they take a week off, no one notices, and then they show up on crutches or something.
OnDoutside
(19,968 posts)before he loses it. Didn't anyone tell him he could go to the prison hospital ?
DFW
(54,436 posts)Maybe some oddball Republicanese calendar where a week lasts 200 days?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)previous surgery 12 years ago.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)What's the strategy in that? No...I don't think it's cancer. Cancer would garner sympathy and support and give him a softer exit.
God, I can't believe I've gotten this cynical ~
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Mr. Dixie has a long time damaged foot, and occasionally he will develop a sore on it, usually near the skin graft area.
So in Dec. he got a sore, which is what he calls, actually it was an ulcer, but it did not heal from his usual treatment.
I happened to mention it to my surgeon, who promptly called Mr. dixie into the room and looked at his foot.
He ordered a biopsy, because, he said, sometimes unhealed ulcers develop a non-invasive cancer, and he thought the ulcer looked suspicious, esp. since it had not healed like it should.
so..did the biopsy, no cancer, but worth it for peace of mind.
Had no clue about ulcer cancer, but do trust this doc.
It is actually within realm of possibility that all that hardware in the x-rays might could develop a skin issue, where the foot meets hard shoe/ground.
but, in Chaffetz case, he has ZERO credibility, so who knows?
Buckeyeblue
(5,500 posts)Or does he have to go on short term disability?
wishstar
(5,271 posts)This may be his way of using up his accrued sick leave before he resigns. Federal employees often use up several weeks of sick leave for medical appointments and procedures before they officially retire, otherwise they lose the benefit of the paid sick leave.
BumRushDaShow
(129,367 posts)So if you have 6 months worth accumulated, the sick leave time (as hours converted to months) gets added to the total number of months/years you worked for estimating the monthly retirement check.
Unused annual leave (vacation time) is paid out in a lump sum upon retirement.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)I'll bet the urgency is FINANCIAL rather then MEDICAL. He knows his days on the taxpayers' dime are numbered. What dirty little secrets are you hiding Chaffetz?
Vinca
(50,302 posts)Dead boy or live girl? Russia? This should be interesting.
madokie
(51,076 posts)is running scared is what he's doing.
As he should be
flamingdem
(39,319 posts)Nice try Chaffetz, you are dirty, not just your foot and it's "hardware" = listening device for Putin?
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Cummings says he asked @jasoninthehouse to have Flynn testify before their committee, and Chaffetz said NO.
Link to tweet
Botany
(70,567 posts)n/t
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)And, the stench is probably making everyone around him sick.
I'm glad popcorn is on sale this week at the grocery store. We're going to need to stock up on a lot of it.
perdita9
(1,144 posts)A problem with your foot can be painful but, if you're in a position of power and have an important job to do there are plenty of ways to work around it.
Has anyone seen Chaffetz limping?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)This is ever sooo fishy, 3-4 weeks for a foot surgery. What, he can't read or use the phone?
Maybe he can't walk for a while, but that shouldn't stop him from investigating #TrumpRussia,
Maybe he's not enjoying the work as much as he did Benghazi?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)He is now being investigated by Dept of Defense, House Oversight Cmte, House Intel Cmte, Army, Senate Intel Cmte.
Let's hope some of the Comm. members have intergrity.
With Chaffetz gone from House Oversight Comm., maybe there is a chance for justice.
bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)like bone spurs more than any other American group
Anyone else would be back at work in 3 days, without complications
Man! Chaffetz is avoiding something politically painful
He's young, robust, no way this should be a major health issue
Hernia's would be back in a day or two
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)what a smug unrepentant asshole
herding cats
(19,566 posts)There fixed that.
bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)I've been disappeared! No harm to my career if I'm not there!
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)...to remove 3 screws that were inserted 5 months ago. My doctor told me I'll "walk out of there." They're not even giving me crutches! I wasn't even out for 3-4 weeks when I had them put *IN*, though I did work from home during that time. I certainly could have had someone drive me around to vote on serious issues, if I'd had to. And the surgery to take them out is much less serious.
keepthemhonestO
(252 posts)totally with you on every point! Not coming back! Woman issues (cheating scandal) and Russia. Bahhaaaaa .great minds think alike.
jehop61
(1,735 posts)I had to have hardware removed from an accident several years ago. It was outpatient and I spent about a week on crutches at work
BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)a convenient excuse.
JDC
(10,130 posts)It's bs
red dog 1
(27,845 posts)"U.S. Republican leaders hunt for votes for new helathcare bill"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141762190
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)madaboutharry
(40,218 posts)He is full of shit. He is running away from Washington. And he's scared.
djg21
(1,803 posts)That's in a mouth that's on a head that's up an ass.
rpannier
(24,333 posts)I know that's what is making me ill