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On 19 April 2017, PalmerReport.com posted a story reporting the claim that the Federal Bureau of Investigations has information that the Kremlin has kompromat, or compromising information, that could be used for blackmail, on Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz. The article cites only a tweet by former British Parliament member Louise Mensch, who cites unnamed sources: Mensch's tweet got a lot of attention, and was even retweeted by a spokeswoman for the Democratic Party: The FBI as standard practice does not comment on ongoing investigations, except under extremely unusual circumstances. True to form, they declined to comment when we asked them to verify whether they were aware of kompromat on Chaffetz. Chaffetz, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, posted a statement on his official Facebook page on 19 April 2017, announcing his decision not to seek reelection. Chaffetz cited personal reasons for declining to run and said he may campaign again in the future, but would not do so in 2018. The Washington Post speculated he may be preparing for a gubernatorial run, citing comments he made in 2016 in which he showed strong interest in that role. On 3 January 2016, Chaffetz telegraphed such a move to the Deseret News when he said: We found no proof that the Russians have compromising information on Chaffetz, as the claim is entirely based on hearsay without any supporting evidence offered. Congress is currently on recess and we have not yet heard back from Chaffetz' spokesperson.
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