{"id":101590,"date":"2018-07-25T20:43:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=101590"},"modified":"2018-07-25T20:43:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:43:14","slug":"rosenstein-one-step-closer-to-being-impeached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=101590","title":{"rendered":"Rosenstein one step closer to being impeached"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOP lawmakers file resolution to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein<\/h1>\n

by Caitlin Yilek & Kelly Cohen
\nWashington Examiner<\/p>\n

Republican lawmakers laid the groundwork for the impeachment of\u00a0<\/b>Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Wednesday, accusing the second ranking Justice Department official who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller of obstruction by defying congressional subpoenas.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., announced Wednesday night that he had filed a resolution alongside Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, \u2014 the two are the chairmen of the House Freedom Caucus \u2014 and nine other colleagues to impeach Rosenstein.<\/p>\n

A Justice Department spokesperson declined to confirm to the\u00a0Washington Examiner\u00a0<\/i>on the situation<\/p>\n

In a press release, Meadows and Jordan accused the Justice Department of withholding \u201cembarrassing documents and information.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stonewalling over this last year has been just as bad or worse than under the Obama administration. Multiple times we\u2019ve caught DOJ officials hiding information from Congress, withholding relevant documents, or even outright ignoring Congressional subpoenas,\u201d Meadows wrote.<\/p>\n

Jordan added: \u201cThe DOJ is keeping information from Congress. Enough is enough. It\u2019s time to hold Mr. Rosenstein accountable for blocking Congress\u2019s constitutional oversight role.\u201d<\/p>\n

The resolution comes even as the Justice Department told Meadows and other GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday that it had nearly complied with what an official characterized as a historically large demand for documents.<\/p>\n

House Intelligence and Judiciary Committee leaders\u00a0were already told earlier this month<\/a>\u00a0by a top official that the Justice Department had \u201csubstantially complied with\u201d sizable documents requests from the two panels.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Wednesday afternoon meeting, Justice Department officials told reporters that two subpoenas from the House Intelligence Committee have been fully complied with. The first subpoena came in eight parts, and pertained to warrant applications and court documents related to the surveillance of Carter Page, in addition to the FBI\u2019s relationship with Christopher Steele, the author of the Trump dossier.<\/p>\n

The second House Intelligence subpoena was about a specific individual, which was later dubbed \u201cspy-gate\u201d by the president. That request was fulfilled through multiple briefings, the officials explained.<\/p>\n

Almost all demands from a House Judiciary Committee subpoena have been fulfilled with oversight from U.S. Attorney John Lausch of Illinois, the officials said.<\/p>\n

The document demands include the ongoing investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible links to the Trump campaign, in addition to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. More than 880,000 pages of documents have been made available to the House Judiciary Committee through that subpoena, the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n

It is unclear what teeth the resolution has \u2014 the House goes on a five-week recess Thursday, and is in session for less than three weeks total leading up to Election Day 2018.<\/p>\n

Democrats have accused Republicans of going at Rosenstein to chip away at Mueller\u2019s investigation, which he took over in May 2017. Mueller is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n

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