Chaffetz: 'I Question' Whether Comey Memos Are 'Actually There'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published MAY 18, 2017 10:30 AM

Two days after threatening to use his “subpoena pen” to get his hands on James Comey’s reported memos describing his encounters with President Donald Trump, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on Thursday expressed skepticism as to whether they actually existed.

Chaffetz — in addition to many other members of Congress on both sides of the aisle — has called on Comey to testify in a public setting and provide his memos to Congress. He serves as the powerful chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. This came on the heels of a New York Times report, based on one of the fired FBI director’s memos, that Trump had attempted to suppress the FBI’s investigation of ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in February.

“I do think in the light of day in a public setting he should be able to tell us about not only the materials, if they’re there, and I question whether or not they’re actually there, but if they’re there, and then how did he take them?” Chaffetz told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

“Why do you question that?” Stephanopoulos asked. “Well, nobody’s seen them,” Chaffetz said. “Even the reporter that did the story hasn’t seen them. Nobody I know of, even the reporter, has not [sic] actually seen these documents.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chaffetz-questions-comey-memos

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video @ link, above.

[underpants]

1. What about God?

Nobody I know of, even the reporter, has not actually seen these documents.” HUH?

[itcfish]

16. But you had

no doubts about Hillary's e-mails????

[flotsam]

2. I think you're a bastard.

Nobody I know, including me, has seen your mother's marriage license.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

3. What does Chaffetz want to investigate?

Benghazi
Benghazi
Benghazi

[Freethinker65]

4. I question Chaffetz' impartiality to do his fucking job

Resign already and go back to looking your daughter in the eye.

[Hokie]

5. You could just insert "Obama's birth certificate" after "Well nobody has seen"

It wouldn't be any more stupid.

[forgotmylogin]

8. Just like "the tapes".

And "when did he make them" duh, you make notes right after a meeting while the points are fresh in your mind.

Lawrence O'Donnell specifically explained the term for it is "memcon" - a formal document MEMorializing a CONnversation.



http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/what-donald-trump-doesn-t-know-about-the-comey-memo-945749571638

[WinkyDink]

22. So is he "MemCon Comey" or "Comey MemCon"?

[forgotmylogin]

27. He reMEMbers how Don tried to CON him!

Point is, Comey apparently has notes he officially documented at the time per routine (like a registered letter), and 45 has a bunch of huff and bluster.

[Phoenix61]

6. Nice to see he's back on track

He seemed to be in danger of turning into a rational human being there for a moment. Which if he was, he'd use his trusty subpoena pen and get the memos. And what the hell does "how did he take them" even mean?

[Initech]

7. I question whether or not theres any republicans out there who qualify as being decent human beings.

Are there any???? Any at all?

[lark]

17. No Repug legislator is decent, that I know of.

Even the ones like Murkowski, Collins, McCain who sometimes "sound" like reasonable people, always cave and vote with the party when the chips are down. I have yet to see one Repug put country above party.

[FigTree]

9. The rat moving back on stage signals a coalition

for a new administration. He thought initially that the whole thing was going to explode right away so he acted to save his skin. Seeing that the wreck is indeed happening but at a slower pace, he cannot help but jockey for power. That's what he does for a living.

[Justice]

10. remember Burr said up to NYT to prove Comey memo exists.

Chaffetz and Burr - very odd things to say.

[WinkyDink]

21. The word "it's" would've done wonders for your reply line. I had to read it several times to make

sense out of it. "said IT'S up to NYT....."

[Mad-in-Mo]

11. I question whether Chaffetz' brain is there

[neeksgeek]

12. I was going to question whether Chaffetz' ethics were there, but you settled it. He has no brain.

Nevermind ethics.

[Mad-in-Mo]

15. I thought about questioning the existence of a soul, but brain better sums that up too. LOL.

[brush]

32. Non-existence of all three just about covers it.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Benghazi was never there and that never stopped him

[hamsterjill]

14. I'm sure Special Counsel Mueller will see them.

Just don't worry about it any more, Baby Jason. Go play in the sandbox and let the big boys handle things now.

[FakeNoose]

41. We know why Jason Chaffetz wants them, and that's why he won't see them

Not gonna happen, so STFU.

[GeorgeGist]

18. Has anybody ever seen ...

Chaffetz spine?

[Kleveland]

25. Well, it is definitely up his ass.....

But it did not make it far enough to connect to his brain, which is apparently not firing on all cylinders anyway.

[WinkyDink]

19. Comey didn't "take them," idiot Chaffez. HE WROTE HIS NOTES LATER. OMG. We are ruled by evil morons.

[forgotmylogin]

28. Taking notes later was apparently the common procedure.

In the FBI so they could remember the conversation later. From the Lawrence O'Donnell explanation, it sounds like they might have been officially date-stamped and filed, like the minutes of a meeting.

I remember a lot of things by emailing myself so it's backed up and I can find it later.

[WinkyDink]

33. Pardon my pedantry here, but "taking notes" means "contemporaneous with the event." You can't "take

notes" later. That's when you write or transcribe or dictate them.

[forgotmylogin]

34. I'm sure I could remember the high points of a five minute conversation

and notate them down directly afterward. Especially if it was the President asking me not to do the thing I was doing.

Yeah, I get it. If you're in an hour-long meeting you take notes during. In this case, he's documenting an unscheduled conversation where he probably didn't start with a legal pad in his hand when it happened.

[forgotmylogin]

35. I'm sure I could remember the high points of a five minute conversation

and notate them down directly afterward. Especially if it was the President asking me not to do the thing I was doing.

Yeah, I get it. If you're in an hour-long meeting you take notes during. In this case, he's documenting an unscheduled conversation where he probably didn't start with a legal pad in his hand when it happened so he can remember the details later if necessary.

[Javaman]

20. and that's the issue that always fucks the repukes...

they think everyone lies.

morons. LOL

[Raster]

23. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, -R, Liar, Hypocrite, Chickenshit, Traitor, UT-... thinks it's time...

...to make his next move, and is attempting to play both sides. Rep. Chickenshit* has stars in his shit-brown eyes and has a bad fucking case of "big man on campus" syndrome.

[WinkyDink]

24. "Nobody I know of" are important words here, but Chaffetz is too stupid to understand.

[Freethinker65]

26. Wait. Now it makes sense. He was auditioning for Fox News. He is gunning for more $$$

Guess his performance was good enough because it is being now reported he will leave Congress the end of June.

[Panich52]

29. Since Chaffetz already quit Congress, I question whether

he's really there....

[stopbush]

30. SOP for the RW: sow seeds of doubt early on that RW media

and the rubes will hang their hats on from this moment forward.

Then, anything that arises to show that the memos are legit - even if that admission is made by Chaffetz himself - will be labeled as disinformation coming from the"deep state."

So obvious.

[NCjack]

31. Trump needs to see those memos before Special Counsel

interviews him. Chaffetz has been assigned the job to get them.

[OldHippieChick]

38. I think you may be on to something. Every one of these

bastards wants to be the hero to a psycho as if they think they won't be thrown under the bus next. I'm still very curious as to what is going on w/ Chaffetz. His behavior is quite mysterious.

[tblue37]

36. Some people in the FBI have seen them--and read aloud from them to reporters. nt

[Greensix1]

37. FBI notes are admissible evidence in court

FBI notes are admissible evidence in court as fact. That's been accepted by the court system for generations.

[apnu]

39. Why is Chaffetz even squeaking? He's bailing on his constituents next month. (nt)

[Blue_Roses]

40. He sure is fired up about these notes

For someone leaving Congress next month and not running again, why all the panic to see the notes?