Anyone who spends any time on Twitter knows that one of the knee-jerk responses to any Trump scandal is to tweet, “But her emails!”
Now that the election is in the books — even Jill Stein has given up trying to find enough votes to reverse it — plenty of Hillary Clinton supporters are revising history and suggesting that their candidate was merely sloppy with her record-keeping, and it cost her the presidency. But it was no accident that she set up that private email server that let her correspond with everyone, even the president himself, off the grid.
Speaking of being off the grid, the House Oversight Committee has sent a letter to new Attorney General Jeff Sessions regarding Clinton’s former IT aide, Bryan Pagliano, who went from pleading the Fifth to not showing up at all to testify before the House Oversight Committee. There’s someone who really doesn’t want to talk to investigators.
OBSTRUCTION
Bryan Pagliano, who in 2016 refused to testify before the House Oversight Committee, may be charged as a warning to others.— Joelon Wilson (@futureicon) February 18, 2017
Chaffetz seeks to charge ex-Clinton aide in email inquiry via the @FoxNews App https://t.co/Jusgfsost6
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) February 17, 2017
Jason Chaffetz is asking AG Sessions to look into the staffer who helped set up Clinton's private email server https://t.co/TZAGir0dq0 pic.twitter.com/9WsAsbPbpl
— CNN (@CNN) February 18, 2017
As Twitchy reported, House Oversight Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz said last September that Pagliano would face (unspecified) consequences for “thumbing his nose at Congress” but that a resolution to the full House of Representatives to hold Pagliano in contempt wouldn’t be sent until after the election. CNN estimated that Pagliano could be fined up to $100,000 for not responding to the committee’s subpoena.
Just to recap: While Pagliano blew off his order to appear before the House Oversight Committee, Platte River Networks technicians Bill Thornton and Paul Combetta — who had that “oh sh*t!” moment and obliterated Clinton’s email archive with BleachBit, despite a protection order from Congress — did appear, but both pleaded the Fifth. But her emails, right?
@jasoninthehouse is not fit for the chairmanship he holds. pic.twitter.com/zXwTgHMfAb
— Clyle Alt (@clylealt) February 18, 2017
Chaffetz won't look into or DO anything about Trump or his cronies, regarding the Russians but he'll go after this poor smuck???
— Snowflake (@e_tauline) February 18, 2017
@Evan_McMullin really needs to challenge @jasoninthehouse and get rid of this hypocrite. His obsession with HRC is out of control.
— Deb Smith ? (@disdeb) February 18, 2017
Jeezus @jasoninthehouse LET IT GO ALREADY. Start overseeing the current administration!
— sarah??☮️ (@SarahPieczy1) February 18, 2017
Maybe we’re just obsessed, but we’d really like to hear what Pagliano has gone to such lengths to avoid talking about.
https://twitter.com/dawngpsalm63/status/832896204799352834
https://twitter.com/melmillerusa/status/832784199471886336
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Former State Dept. IT official refuses to answer questions about Hillary's email — more than 90 times https://t.co/cJKoIaw0Az
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 25, 2016
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