Chaffetz: Comey’s silence on memos ‘raised a lot of eyebrows’

Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said Monday that James Comey “went silent” when asked about the memos the former FBI director wrote about his conversations with President Trump.

The former House Oversight Committee chairman said on “Fox and Friends” that he called Comey to talk about the memos, but that Comey wouldn’t discuss the documents.

“He said he wouldn’t talk about it. He wouldn’t tell me where they were, and it really raised a lot of eyebrows as I went back and talked to the staff and other members and said, ‘Look, he’s not going to give these up easily,’ ” Chaffetz said.

{mosads}Chaffetz was responding to a report by The Hill that more than half of Comey’s memos contained classified information.

The recently retired lawmaker said that if the memos did contain classified information, Comey may have broken the law by sharing them with a friend.

“You can’t do that; it’s against the law,” Chaffetz said.

Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee last month that he had given the documents to a friend to share with the media, with the hopes of getting a special counsel appointed to the case.

President Trump tweeted about The Hill’s report Monday morning and retweeted the clip of Chaffetz discussing the memos.