HOUSE, AND THAT IS WHY HE WANTS TO GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE.
I TOLD YOU THAT THINGS WOULD BE TURNING SOUTH FOR DONALD
TRUMP WHEN REPUBLICANS START BACKING OUT OF THE ROOM.
I TOLD YOU THAT FROM DAY ONE.
AND THEN YOU SAW THAT CHAFFETZ SAID, HEY YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RESIGN.
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT THAT JOB.
IT IS A POLITICALLY LOSE LOSE SITUATION FOR HIM.
IF HE GOES AGGRESSIVELY AFTER DONALD TRUMP, THE REPUBLICAN
VOTERS IN HIS BASE WILL HATE HIM; IF HE DOESN'T GO AFTER
DONALD TRUMP, THEN HE IS NOT DOING HIS JOB, AND HE HIMSELF
CAN GET INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE IF IT TURNS OUT THAT DONALD TRUMP
OR SOMEONE IN HIS ADMINISTRATION DID CRIMINAL ACTS.
SO HE JUST WANTS TO GET OUT.
SO HE SAID AT FIRST HE WAS GOING TO WAIT TILL THE END OF HIS
TERM, AND THEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE END
OF HIS TERM, AND NOW WE ARE FINDING THAT HE WANTS TO GET YOU
– GET OUT EVEN SOONER.
ABOUT TWO DAYS AFTER THREATENING TO USE HIS SUBPOENA PENN TO
GET HIS HANDS ON JAMES COMEY'S REPORTED MEMOS DECIDING HIS
ENCOUNTERS WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, JASON CHAFFETZ EXPRESSED
ON THURSDAY THAT HE WASN'T CONVINCED THEY EVEN EXISTED."
SO APPARENTLY SUMMARY PULLED HIM ASIDE AND HAD A TALKING TO AND
SAID, JASON, YOU ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE CONGRESS, YOU'LL GET THE
JOBS OR THE BRIBES THAT YOU WANT, AS BECOMING A
LOBBYIST ARE GOING TO FOX NEWS OR WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO,
IF YOU DON'T PLAY BALL.
SO, BE A GOOD BOY AND GO BACK OUT THERE AND SAY, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT MEMOS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
JASON CHAFFETZ IT ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA, "I DON'T
THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY APPOINTED SOMEBODY, I HAVE
NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL COLLUSION.
WHERE IS THE ACTUAL CRIME THAT THEY THINK THEY DAY SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR TO PROSECUTE?
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FLAILING, BUT THAT FLAILING STARTED
BEFORE JANUARY 20."
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOUR DONORS TALK TO YOU AND TOLD YOU WHICH
DIRECTION TO GO TO, HUH JASON?
YOU'RE NOT SO TOUGH ANYMORE, RIGHT?
YOU SEE NO EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CRIMES?
WHAT ABOUT WHEN HE TOLD JAMES COMEY THAT HE SHOULD STOP
THE MICHAEL FLYNN INVESTIGATION?
THAT'S OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BEEN PROVED YET, IT IS YOUR JOB
TO INVESTIGATE IT.
AND THAT IF THERE IS NOTHING THERE, YOU COULD PROVE THAT
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WHEN THAT BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU?
YOU DON'T WANT THAT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT DID HAPPEN.
ARE THERE POTENTIAL CRIMES?
OF COURSE THERE ARE, WITNESS TAMPERING, ABSORPTION OF
JUSTICE, AND GOD KNOWS THE ACTUAL CRIME ITSELF, WITH THE
RUSSIANS, AND PROMISING GOD KNOWS WHAT AT AMERICA'S EXPENSE.
NOW, "HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JASON CHAFFETZ IS
EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THURSDAY THAT HE WILL LEAVE CONGRESS
BY THE END OF JUNE."
NOW IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PANIC.
BEFORE, MAYBE BY THE END.
I GOT TO GO SOONER.
I GOT TO GO BY JUNE, JUNE IS NEXT MONTH, I'VE GOT TO GO.
BUT THE MEMOS COME OUT AND I'M STUCK?
I HATE THIS JOB, I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I GET
CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
TOTAL, UTTER PANIC.
WASHINGTONIAN REPORTED LAST WEEK THAT CHAFFETZ HAS BEEN TELLING
FELLOW HOUSE REPUBLICANS THAT HE WILL JOIN FOX NEWS POSSIBLY
AS LATE AS JULY.
SO, FOR HIM THAT IS A WIN-WIN.
I GET OUT OF DODGE BEFORE THE TRUMP THING DRAGS US ALL
DOWN, I CAN GO IT WASN'T ME MAN I WASN'T EVEN IN CONGRESS.
AND THEN I CAN GET PAID AS I GO TO RUN TO THE GOVERNOR OF
UTAH, AND I GET PAID WHILE I DO PROPAGANDA FOR MY OWN PARTY
AND MY OWN RACE?
WHO WANTS TO BE IN CONGRESS WORKING FOR DONALD TRUMP?
I GO TO FOX NEWS AND I GET THE MONEY, GET THE MEDIA, I GOT
EVERYTHING I WANT WITHOUT THE HEADACHES.
THAT'S WHY HE'S DOING IT.
BUT NO, HE WRITES A LETTER TELLING US IT'S BECAUSE OF
HIS FAMILY.
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE HATE POLITICIANS.
JASON, NOBODY BELIEVES THAT!
EVEN YOUR OWN SUPPORTERS DON'T BELIEVE THAT, EVEN THEY ARE
NOT THAT STUPID.
LET'S REVIEW SOME OF THE LETTER.
HE SAYS, "WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR CONGRESS IN 2008, I PROMISED I
WOULD GET IN, SERVE, AND GET OUT."
OU LET'S PAUSE FOR A 2ND.
YEAH, BUT YOU JUST RAN FOR CONGRESS SIX MONTHS AGO.
THIS TERM IS ONLY LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS OLD.
DID YOU TELL THE VOTERS WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING?
HEY, I'M GOING TO GET IN, SERVE, AND GET OUT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SERVE THE WHOLE THING, YOU GUYS ARE SUCKERS
FOR VOTING FOR ME.
I PLAN TO JUST USE THIS AND GET OUT WITHOUT TELLING YOU.
AND WHAT IS IT WITH REPUBLICANS WHO LOVE TO QUIT?
SARAH PALIN.
I LOVE BEING GOVERNOR FOR ALASKA, RAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT
AND DIDN'T GET IT, I'M GOING TO GO GET A REALITY SHOW INSTEAD.
THEY ALL WANT TO BE ON TV.
MORE ON A LETTER.
"I KNEW FROM DAY ONE THAT MY SERVICE
THERE WOULD NOT LAST FOREVER."
YOU PRINCIPLED GUY.
WHY DID YOU RUN?
HE SAYS, "MY LIFE HAS UNDERGONE SOME BIG CHANGES OVER THE LAST
EIGHT MONTHS -" TRUMP BEING ELECTED -
" THE REALITY OF SPENDING MORE THAN 1500 NIGHTS WITH MY
FAMILY OVER EIGHT YEARS HITTING HARDER THAN IT HAD BEFORE."
SO, WHEN YOU RAN AGAIN SIX MONTHS AGO YOU DIDN'T GIVE
A DAMN ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT YOU GOT TO INVESTIGATE TRUMP, YOU ARE
LIKE, RIGHT, MY FAMILY, MY FAMILY.
AND IN THE LETTER HE TALKS ABOUT HOW MY WONDERFUL CHILDREN
THIS, ONE IS DOING THIS, ONE IS DOING THAT.
MY WONDERFUL FAMILY!
WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE CAMPAIGN
THAT I HAD A FAMILY?
HE SAID, BUT I'VE SLEPT ON IT CAUGHT IN MY OFFICE LARGELY
TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE CHAFFETZ FAMILY, BUT ALSO TO REMIND
MYSELF THAT MY SERVICE THERE WAS TEMPORARY.
THOUGH THE TIME AWAY AND THE TRAVEL HAS BEEN A
SACRIFICE, OUR FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNITED THAT PUBLIC
SERVICE WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE FEEL MY TIME ENCOUNTERS HAS BEEN WELL SPENT, BUT IT NOW
SEEMS THE RIGHT TIME TO TURN THE PAGE."
YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW, IT WAS ALL A TIGHT SACRIFICE.
YOU DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY OR THE POWER.
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE HIGH-POWERED, AND EVEN
BETTER PAYING JOB AT FOX NEWS, AND THEN LATER AS A LOBBYIST.
YOU DIDN'T WANT ANY OF THAT, BUT YOU MADE THE SACRIFICE, FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE, BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC SO MUCH!
COME ON.
DOES A SINGLE CHAFFETZ VOTER BELIEVE THAT?
THIS IS WHY AMERICA CAN'T STAND POLITICIANS.
YOU GUYS ARE SO OBVIOUSLY FULL OF CRAP.