With just two weeks left in office, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) took some shots at President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an interview that aired over the weekend.
âThe reality is, sadly, I donât see much difference between the Trump administration and the (Barack) Obama administration,â the outgoing chairman of the House Oversight Committee told Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Chaffetz, who announced his resignation last month, said he thought the âfloodgatesâ would open and his committee would obtain documents that the Obama administration never provided related to investigations into Hillary Clinton, Fast and Furious and the IRS.
That didnât happen.
Chaffetz said:
âIn many ways, itâs almost worse because weâre getting nothing, and thatâs terribly frustrating and, with all due respect, the attorney general has not changed at all. I find him to be worse than what I saw with Loretta Lynch in terms of releasing documents and making things available. I just, thatâs my experience, and thatâs not what I expected.â
Chaffetz also said Republicans had been pushing Trump to fire IRS Commissioner John Koskinen over a scandal involving allegations that the agency targeted tea party groups for audits.
That hasnât happened either.
âWe tried to issue subpoenas. We tried to hold people in contempt and the Obama administration said âno,â and the Trump administration came in and did zero,â Chaffetz said. âNothing. Nothing changed.â
Chaffetz leaves office on June 30. He has not yet announced his future plans, but Politico reported last month that he may appear on Fox News.
See the full interview above.