JASON CHAFFETZ: Fox News has never let DC scandals become mere footnotes

OK THE SHORT VERSION IS THIS REPUBLICANS APPARENTLY NEED TO PLAY OFFENSE IN THE MIDTERMS AND DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME BECAUSE JASON CHAFFETZ SAYS THIS ALL GOES BACK TO 2009 WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN CONGRESSMAN SLEEPING ON A FORTY-FIVE DOLLAR COT IN A CLOSET AND NEIL CAVUTO PUT HIM ON TV AND HE SAYS FOX NEVER DROPPED D.C. SCANDALS LIKE OTHER OUTLETS DID WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE CLAIMS FORTY-FIVE SECRET SERVICE WORKERS SNOOPED IN HIS PRIVATE FILE AFTER HE INVESTIGATED THEM AND THE IRS CLAIMED EMAILS VANISHED IN A CRASH BUT THE WORST WAS OPERATION FAST AND FURIOUS WHERE THE ATF DELIBERATELY LET WEAPONS WALK AND BORDER PATROL AGENT BRIAN TERRY WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN ARIZONA WITH TWO OF THOSE GUNS FOUND AT THE SCENE.

OK PUT YOUR DRINK DOWN FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST LIKE CALLING A PLUMBER TO FIX A SINK AND HE SNOOPS IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET INSTEAD AND DO NOT TELL ME CONGRESS EXAGGERATES EVERYTHING BECAUSE JASON CHAFFETZ IS ARGUING FOX NEWS STUCK WITH SCANDALS OTHERS BURIED AND THE THING IS WHEN HE CHAIRED OVERSIGHT INVESTIGATING SECRET SERVICE FAILURES LIKE DRUNKEN SUPERVISORS AND A CARTAGENA PROSTITUTION SCANDAL AND A FENCE JUMPER WITH A KNIFE HE SAYS FORTY-FIVE EMPLOYEES ACCESSED HIS PRIVATE JOB FILE TO RETALIATE WHICH AN INSPECTOR GENERAL LATER PUT IN WRITING AND HE SAYS OTHER OUTLETS MOVED ON FROM OPERATION FAST AND FURIOUS WHERE THE ATF DELIBERATELY LET FIREARMS WALK INTO CRIMINAL HANDS UNTIL BORDER PATROL AGENT BRIAN TERRY WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN ARIZONA WITH TWO OF THOSE GUNS FOUND AT THE SCENE.

In an op-ed, Jason Chaffetz credits Fox News with pursuing major government scandals, including Operation Fast and Furious, that he argues other media outlets dismissed.

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