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89. Nobody remembers that it was former Rep. Jason Chaffetz who leaked Comey's notification

Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:21 AM

Nov 20

I've seen this hundreds of times on DU, blaming Jim Comey for pulling the rug out from Hillary. BUT Jim Comey had to do his job as Director of the FBI, he had to be thorough. He notified the House Oversight Committee (chairman: Jason Chaffetz) via private email that he needed to reopen the investigation of Hillary's emails, and THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP IT TO THEMSELVES.

Jason Chaffetz leaked Comey's email to the press and suddenly nobody was talking about "grab 'em by the pussy" videos anymore. Suddenly it was all about "Hillary's god-damn emails" once again. Chaffetz suffered no repercussions for leaking this memo that upended Hillary's campaign, and he later resigned his seat in early 2017. I think maybe he's on Faux Noise once in awhile, not that I care.

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comey enabled this criminality samsingh Nov 19 #1

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Nobody remembers that it was former Rep. Jason Chaffetz who leaked Comey's notification FakeNoose Nov 20 #89

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