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For those of our readers who haven’t yet had the pleasure of hearing Jason Chaffetz (R – Utah) absolutely obliterate Jason Herring, the FBI’s acting assistant director for congressional affairs, during a recent emergency hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government, might we suggest that you do so post haste.\u00a0 While there are several epic exchanges in the short 4 minute video, the best is the very end where Chaffetz literally serves Herring with a subpoena while he’s still on the stand.<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nChaffetz<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u201cYou don\u2019t get to decide what I get to see. I get to see it all.<\/strong> I was elected by some 800,000 people to come to Congress and see classified information. I was elected by my colleagues here to be the chairman of this committee. That\u2019s the way our Constitution works. Will the FBI provide to Congress the full file with no redactions of personal identifiable information?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
Herring:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cI cannot make that commitment sitting here today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chaffetz:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cThen I\u2019m going to issue a subpoena and I\u2019m going to do it right now. So let\u2019s go. I\u2019ve signed this subpoena.\u00a0 We want all the 302s and we would like the full file. You can accept service on behalf of the FBI?\u201d<\/p>\n
Herring:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cCertainly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chaffetz:\u00a0 \u201cYou are hereby served.\u00a0 We have a duty and a responsibility.\u00a0 <\/strong>You can sight no precedent, nothing in the constitution, no legal precedent, you know this is important to us.\u00a0 You now have your subpoena.\u00a0 We would all like to see this information.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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