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Trump's Administration is the Same as Obama's, Outgoing Republican Chaffetz Claims
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Newsweek
Posted: June 26th, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-administration-same-obamas-cl...
A Republican set to leave Congress in two weeks has lashed out at President Donald Trumps administration. Representative Jason Chaffetz, who was a vocal critic of former President Barack Obama, said he does not see a lot of change in the current administration when compared to its predecessor. Chaffetz, who acted as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, handed in his resignation a month ago and had withdrawn his support for Trump shortly before the presidential election. He told the Sinclair Broadcast Group that federal agencies actions under Trump had left him disappointed, explaining he had hoped they would be more accommodating with requests from the House Oversight Committee. In many ways it's almost worse, because we're getting nothing, and that's terribly frustrating, and with all due respect, the attorney general has not changed at all, he said in the interview. I find him to be worse than what I saw with [former Attorney General] Loretta Lynch in terms of releasing documents and making things available. That's my experience, and that's not what I expected. Announcing his resignation on May 18, Chaffetz - who could have stayed on as House Oversight chairman until 2020 - explained he did not believe Congress should be a lifetime career.
Note: Most progressives held high hopes for Obama after his 2008 election. Yet it wasn't long before Obama began solid support of the war machine and resisted almost all attempts to support whistleblowers and the release of documents. Most conservatives held high hopes for Trump after his 2016 election. Yet it wasn't long before Trump began solid support of the war machine and resisted almost all attempts to support whistleblowers and the release of documents. To understand why this is, see "War is a Racket" by a highly decorated US general and see this series of essays.
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