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Tuesday, November 29th, 2016

Top Republican Won’t Respond to Call to Probe Trump’s Conflicts of Interest

Author:     Russ Choma
Source:     Mother Jones
Publication Date:     Nov. 28, 2016 4:16 PM
 Link: Top Republican Won’t Respond to Call to Probe Trump’s Conflicts of Interest
Stephan:   The American tax payers under the direction of Republican Congressmembers spent millions upon millions of dollars on a witch hunt first into Clinton's actions around Benghazi and, then, into her emails. It was an exercise in substance less  ideological persecution, something in which Republicans specialize. I have been very interested to see how these same Republicans would react to the blatant and massive substance of Donald Trump's ethical lapses and conflicts of interest. Well, now we are beginning to see the answer: the echoing silence of non-action.  I take this as further evidence of the corruption and decline of American democracy for which, it must be said, a large percentage of Americans voted.
Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz (Utah 3rd District)

Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz (Utah 3rd District)

In August, when it looked likely that Hillary Clinton would win the presidency, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, insisted that no one should have any doubt that he would be tough on the next president when it came to personal financial entanglements.

“If you’re going to run and try to become the president of the United States, you’re going to have to open up your kimono and show everything, your tax returns, your medical records. You are just gonna have to do that. It’s too important,” Chaffetz said.

But Chaffetz, who just 11 days before the election quickly blasted out the news that FBI Director James Comey had “reopened” the FBI investigation in Clinton’s emails (which was not quite true), has become quiet on the question of what’s under Trump’s kimono.

Two weeks ago, Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.), the ranking Democrat on the committee, sent Chaffetz a letter requesting that the committee’s […]

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