Rep. Waters: "I Don't Know," But Some Say Chaffetz Is Retiring Because Of Russian Connection

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Cali.) speculates why Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is retiring. Chaffetz said he was tired of spending too much time away from his family. Waters believes there is some Russian "connection" that involves the Congressman.



From Tuesday's edition of All In with Chris Hayes:





CHRIS HAYES, MSNBC: So, let me ask you about Congressman Chaffetz because he's quite a controversial figure. He has really thrown everyone in Utah, and I think on Capitol Hill for a loop by announcing preemptively that he's not going to seek re-election, that he might actually leave early. Then today, he comes out with Elijah Cummings. Do you have a -- do you have an understanding of what it is you think it is that Congressman Chaffetz is do something?



REP. MAXINE WATERS: No, I really don't. And there is a lot of speculation about what he's doing. There are those who were told that he's trying to position himself to run for higher office, and I think it's for Governor. There’s those who think that he, in some ways, have some connections to what is going on in the Ukraine and perhaps in Russia itself and knows something about all of this. I don't really know. I can't say, but he's strange in the way that he's conducting himself.



And maybe he thinks that if he rolls out and points to the fact that something is going on with Flynn that he did not disclose, and this is criminal, I mean he's violated a federal law, that somehow this will raise him above maybe what connections he may have with the Kremlin. I don't know, but we need to keep an eye on him.



HAYES: I should say, Congresswoman, I have not seen any evidence produced of that.



WATERS: No we don’t.



HAYES: I've encountered that speculation also but we'll look for the evidence. Representative Maxine Waters, thanks as always for being with me.



WATERS: Thank you.

(via Washington Free Beacon