House Oversight chair vows to pursue the Comey memo: 'I have my subpoena pen ready'
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has been criticized for literally giving up during the Trump presidency. But after The New York Times broke the news that former FBI Director James Comey reportedly wrote a memo detailing how President Trump pressured him to quash the investigation into Michael Flynn, it looks like Chaffetz is back and ready for some investigating.
Glad you finally found it, congressman.
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