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Related: About this forumTop Republican Drowns In His Own Email Hypocrisy While Criticizing Hillary Clinton
By Sarah Jones on Thu, Jul 7th, 2016 at 12:42 pmIf you're wondering just how deep Republicans are willing to dig their Get Hillary hole as they overplay their hands yet again, you need look no further than the glaring hypocrisy of lead pitch-fork carrier Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) using a gmail account on his official House card.
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After ABC News obtained in 2015 Chaffeetz official House business card that listed his Gmail addy, Chaffetz told ABC News that it was totally cool because he didnt pay for the card with government funds and also, neener-neener, Congress is not subject to the Federal Records Act. Chaffetz also said that he uses both his Gmail and a government email.
In 2011, Chaffetz was warned by the Department of Homeland Security to stop leaking sensitive information. The Washington Post reported, a clearly miffed Department of Homeland Security Deputy Counsel Joseph B. Maher told Chaffetz that sensitive security information provided to his subcommittee by the Transportation Security Administration was illegally disclosed to the press. Chaffetz followed up that fail by blowing the CIAs cover during a Congressional Hearing in 2012, endangering lives.
Perhaps Chaffetz should not be trusted with sensitive information.
Before FBI Director Comey (a Republican) put the Republicans conspiracy theories on ice with his news that there was no intention to conceal anything and it wasnt illegal, Chaffetz said Comey was a man of integrity and the definitive person to investigate Clintons emails. But now Republicans say he is part of a conspiracy to protect Hillary Clinton, so they are holding yet another investigation into their failed investigation that led to the FBI investigation that also failed.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/07/time-jason-chaffetz-put-gmail-address-official-house-card.html
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Top Republican Drowns In His Own Email Hypocrisy While Criticizing Hillary Clinton (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2016
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leftynyc
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