Thread: Resolutions to impeach Rosenstein at least days away, sources say

Resolutions to impeach Rosenstein at least days away, sources say

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Republican House members could be days away from the release of article of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, sources told Fox News on Monday.

Sources said there could be two separate resolutions to impeach Rosenstein but there is hope among some members of Congress to vote on the issue prior to the House’s August recess.

The deputy attorney general oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia.

Politico reported last week that Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, both members of the House Freedom Caucus, are leading the effort.

Politico’s story on the possible impeachment filing against Rosenstein came on the same day that Rosenstein announced Mueller’s 12 indictments against Russian military intelligence officials on charges linked to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Speculation that President Donald Trump might fire Rosenstein increased in April, after FBI agents conducted raids at the office and home of Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal attorney, the Hill reported.

The 29-page indictment lays out how, months before Americans went to the polls, Russians schemed to break into key Democratic email accounts, including those belonging to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Stolen emails, many politically damaging for Clinton, appeared on WikiLeaks in the campaign's final stretch.

Rosenstein called for a unified approach to countering foreign meddling.

"When we confront foreign interference in American elections, it is important for us to avoid thinking politically as Republicans or Democrats and instead to think patriotically as Americans," he said. "Our response must not depend on who was victimized."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...urces-say.html

Well, I do think Rosenstein has violated laws or at least the spirit of them by trying to manipulate data and information Congress has requested. I don't know for sure what documents and other information falls under Executive Privilege, but I don't think it's information that is used in criminal investigations against a citizen.

I think when you're raiding homes and offices, spying on Americans, and indicting people with federal charges because they supported a candidate you opposed, that any of the information relating to any aspect of that investigation or political prosecution is fair game because it will end up being public in a trial anyway so Congress certainly has oversight access to any of it to protect people against wrong-doing during the investigation and prosecution by law enforcement and prosecution agencies. That's how Congress protects the people of our country against a corrupt and oppressive government.