'Put Them In Jail': Jason Chaffetz Says He's More Concerned About Leakers Than Russian Collusion
House Oversight Committee Chairmain Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) responded to questions about President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia on Sunday by asserting that people who leak information about the president should be investigated and jailed.
This Week host George Stephanopoulos noted during an interview with Chaffetz that a senior official in the White House was reportedly a person of interest in the investigation into Russia interference in the U.S. election.
Chaffetz, who has announced he is leaving Congress on June 30 for a rumored position at Fox News, said that he was more interested in the person who leaked the news.
"I want to see that this person is prosecuted," the outgoing Utah Republican insisted. "I think the president makes a very good point. No matter who's in the White House, you cannot have the type of leaking of information, sources, methods, classified information. I don't care who it is, Democrat or Republican, you cannot have that happen."
"Not only do you need to wall them off, you probably need to put some handcuffs on them and put them in jail," he added.
"That's for leakers," Stephanopoulos observed. "That's different from the person of interest in this investigation, isn't it?"