House Oversight Committee Won’t Investigate Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies

Speaking of bullshit from our public embarassment, Avalon Zoppo quoting Jason Chaffetz:

Speaking on CNN, the Utah representative said he does not see any evidence to back up Trump’s tweets.

“We can’t just investigate everything that’s ever thrown out there by the Democrats, by the Republicans. We have to pick and choose,” he said.

Trump has repeatedly, and without evidence, pushed claims that millions of ballots were cast illegally in the 2016 election and called for a probe into the issue. Days after his inauguration, Trump tweeted: “I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and even, those registered to vote who are dead.”

Although the committee will not look into Trump’s voter fraud allegations, Chaffetz said congressional leaders will investigate the president’s Saturday morning claim that former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign, adding that “the president is directly asking and calling for” a probe.

Not sure how directly asking and calling for an investigation into his bullshit about millions of fraudulent voters is different from asking and calling for an investigation into this bullshit about a wiretap.