Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz to speak at Hamilton County Lincoln Day Dinner

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, House Oversight Committee member Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, leads the questioning of then-Secret Service Director Julia Pierson as the committee examines details surrounding a security breach at the White House on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Mid. is at left. Capitol Hill lawmakers investigating the Secret Service say they want to look into moving it out of the Homeland Security Department and back into the Treasury Department. Secret Service was part of the Treasury up until the Homeland Security Department was created after the 9/11 terror attacks.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, House Oversight Committee member Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, leads the questioning of then-Secret Service Director Julia Pierson as the committee examines details surrounding a security breach at the White House on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Mid. is at left. Capitol Hill lawmakers investigating the Secret Service say they want to look into moving it out of the Homeland Security Department and back into the Treasury Department. Secret Service was part of the Treasury up until the Homeland Security Department was created after the 9/11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jason Chaffetz, a former congressman and chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will be the speaker at the Hamilton County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner on April 26.

"We are extremely excited to have him," said Marsha Yessick, chairwoman of the party. "He was my first pick."

Chaffetz, the U.S. representative from Utah's 3rd congressional district from 2009 until he retired in 2017, is the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Deep State."

A contributor to Fox News, he told that network's "Fox and Friends" audience on Thursday that special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report exonerates President Trump and that Attorney General William Barr's statements show "not only did the president rebuff the push by Russia to try to collude, but did so multiple times. That was one of the most telling things."

Chaffetz added he thinks "the Democrats are scrambling. I don't think they know what to do. I think it is part of their demise, and I think it's a big part of why I think Donald Trump will be reelected in 2020."

A VIP reception in the River Room at the Westin Chattanooga hotel downtown will begin Friday at 5 p.m., followed by a private reception. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. for the main event in the Westin ballroom.

For more information or tickets, go to the party's website at hcgop@hcgop.com.

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