GOP Oversight Chair Is Going To Issue Subpoena For Comey Memo
Chaffetz: "On the surface, that seems like an extraordinary use of influence to try to shutdown an investigation being done by the FBI." pic.twitter.com/eAm8KNYmSP
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 16, 2017
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz announced on Tuesday that he will be issuing a subpoena to obtain a memo authored by former FBI Director James Comey stating that Donald Trump asked the FBI to end its probe of Michael Flynn.
Chaffetz is asking the Acting FBI Director for all memos, notes, summaries & recordings referring or relating to comms btwn Comey and Trump. pic.twitter.com/bryF8q2DUl
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 17, 2017
“.@GOPoversight is going to get the Comey memo, if it exists. I need to see it sooner rather than later. I have my subpoena pen ready,” Chaffetz tweeted Tuesday night.
The announcement from the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee comes on the heels of the bombshell New York Times story that revealed Trump pressed James Comey to end the FBI’s investigation of Flynn.
🚨Chaffetz to NBC:”If the memo exists, I need to see it and I need to see it right away. We are drafting the necessary paperwork to get [it]” pic.twitter.com/rF2g8qWm7v
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) May 16, 2017
The news story has ignited discussions among members of Congress about whether Trump’s actions amount to obstruction of justice.
Just leaving Senate floor. Lots of chatter from Ds and Rs about the exact definition of “obstruction of justice”. https://t.co/zXj32i2x8b
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) May 16, 2017
And independent Senator Angus King of Maine said on Tuesday that the smoking gun report raises the prospects of impeachment.
.@wolfblitzer: Could we be moving toward an impeachment process?
Sen. King: “Reluctantly, Wolf, I have to say yes” https://t.co/IVLrF5M12g
— CNN (@CNN) May 16, 2017
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