Jason Chaffetz: President Trump Told Me I Could Investigate Anything I Want

Jason Chaffetz: President Trump Told Me I Could Investigate Anything I Want (RealClearPolitics)

Ahead of a meeting of the House Oversight Committee, committee chair Jason Chaffetz talks about what President Trump said to him when they spoke at the House GOP retreat in Philadelphia last week:

REP. JASON CHAFFETZ: Here's what he said. I think it is worth noting. He said: 'You do a great job... and then he said listen, I get and understand that I am the president, and you have a job to do. You do the oversight, you don't slow down, you go after everything you want to go after. You look at anything you want to look at. If you sat there and heard what he said to me about pursuing oversight of the government, and the functions to fulfill, you'd be pretty inspired, and it was inspiring to me. He wanted to convey a message of: 'Don't slow down, do your job, there's a lot to get after with the government.' I think that was a good message.