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White House slams Chaffetz for ’embarrassing’ tenure

By Gabby Morrongiello
Published January 13, 2017 7:06pm ET
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White House slams Chaffetz for ’embarrassing’ tenure
"You acted with unprecedented urgency to hold 'emergency' hearings and issue multiple unilateral subpoenas to investigate Secretary Clinton before the election," Dems wrote in a letter to Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz. "We ask that ... you show the same sense of urgency now." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) | Susan Walsh

White House press secretary Josh Earnest tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz on Friday after the Utah Republican threatened to investigate the federal government’s top ethics official this week.

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