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05-03-2018, 07:38 AM
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Rosenstein defiant as impeachment talk rises
By Olivia Beavers and Morgan Chalfant - 05/03/18 06:00 AM EDT
Rod Rosenstein (http://thehill.com/people/rod-rosenstein) is offering a fierce defense of the Justice Department amid mounting Republican criticism, making an unusually public stand for the institution he has served for nearly three decades.
On Tuesday, the deputy attorney general rebuked the nascent conservative effort (http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385713-rosenstein-knocks-republicans-who-wrote-draft-calling-for-his) to impeach him, likely exacerbating tensions with conservatives in the House.
House Republicans are demanding access to classified documents related to the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller (http://thehill.com/people/robert-mueller), including a heavily redacted memo that spells out the scope of the investigation.
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“There is really nothing to comment on there, but just give me the documents. The bottom line is, he needs to be give me the documents,” Rep. Mark Meadows (http://thehill.com/people/mark-meadows) (R-N.C.) said during an interview with The Hill on Wednesday when asked about his response to Rosenstein.
“I have one goal in mind, and that is not somebody’s job or the termination of somebody’s job, it is getting the documents and making sure we can do proper oversight,” he said, adding that there are “no current plans to introduce an impeachment resolution.”
Republican lawmakers led by Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus one of President Trump (http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump)’s top allies in Congress, have drafted eight articles of impeachment (http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385713-rosenstein-knocks-republicans-who-wrote-draft-calling-for-his) against Rosenstein. The articles make a series of charges against Rosenstein and question his credibility, reputation and fitness to serve.
Conservatives have called the impeachment articles a last resort.
Rosenstein dismissed the impeachment threat and went a step further by suggesting the Justice Department’s independence is being threatened.
"There have been people who have been making threats privately and publicly against me for quite some time, and I think they should understand by now the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted," Rosenstein said during an appearance at the Newseum.
"I just don't have anything to say about documents like that that nobody has the courage to put their name on and they leak in that way," he continued, after quipping earlier that the lawmakers “can't even resist leaking their own drafts."
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385950-rosenstein-defiant-as-impeachment-talk-rises
Rosenstein defiant as impeachment talk rises
By Olivia Beavers and Morgan Chalfant - 05/03/18 06:00 AM EDT
Rod Rosenstein (http://thehill.com/people/rod-rosenstein) is offering a fierce defense of the Justice Department amid mounting Republican criticism, making an unusually public stand for the institution he has served for nearly three decades.
On Tuesday, the deputy attorney general rebuked the nascent conservative effort (http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385713-rosenstein-knocks-republicans-who-wrote-draft-calling-for-his) to impeach him, likely exacerbating tensions with conservatives in the House.
House Republicans are demanding access to classified documents related to the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller (http://thehill.com/people/robert-mueller), including a heavily redacted memo that spells out the scope of the investigation.
ADVERTISEMENT
“There is really nothing to comment on there, but just give me the documents. The bottom line is, he needs to be give me the documents,” Rep. Mark Meadows (http://thehill.com/people/mark-meadows) (R-N.C.) said during an interview with The Hill on Wednesday when asked about his response to Rosenstein.
“I have one goal in mind, and that is not somebody’s job or the termination of somebody’s job, it is getting the documents and making sure we can do proper oversight,” he said, adding that there are “no current plans to introduce an impeachment resolution.”
Republican lawmakers led by Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus one of President Trump (http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump)’s top allies in Congress, have drafted eight articles of impeachment (http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385713-rosenstein-knocks-republicans-who-wrote-draft-calling-for-his) against Rosenstein. The articles make a series of charges against Rosenstein and question his credibility, reputation and fitness to serve.
Conservatives have called the impeachment articles a last resort.
Rosenstein dismissed the impeachment threat and went a step further by suggesting the Justice Department’s independence is being threatened.
"There have been people who have been making threats privately and publicly against me for quite some time, and I think they should understand by now the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted," Rosenstein said during an appearance at the Newseum.
"I just don't have anything to say about documents like that that nobody has the courage to put their name on and they leak in that way," he continued, after quipping earlier that the lawmakers “can't even resist leaking their own drafts."
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385950-rosenstein-defiant-as-impeachment-talk-rises