Rep. Jason Chaffetz said he is "not sure" why President Donald Trump called him for a meeting. | Getty Chaffetz has no idea why Trump wants to see him

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House oversight committee, said he has no idea why President Donald Trump summoned him to the White House on Tuesday.

"I'm not sure. The president called this meeting," the Utah Republican told reporters as he exited a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill.


Chaffetz, who is slated to meet with Trump in the afternoon, has been inquiring about Trump's lease of the Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue, which he's converted into a luxury hotel. Trump, who leased the building from the federal government's General Services Administration, may be in violation of a clause prohibiting any elected official from being a party to the lease.

Chaffetz said last month that he had been pressing GSA to provide an “unredacted” version of the lease, to clarify that provision. He says he's now received it but is still reviewing the "500-plus page contract."

Asked whether the unredacted version helped clarify any of his earlier questions, Chaffetz said, "Not really. A lot of it's just basic template type of stuff. But we'll see."

"His being both the landlord and the tenant is something we're curious as to what the GSA's opinion of that is," he added.

Chaffetz said he's unsure whether the matter will come up in his meeting with Trump.

