The chairman on the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Sunday he doesn’t support a push by conservative lawmakers to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
“No. For that which? Impeach him for? No,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said on CBS’ "Face the continent."
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“I’ve had my differences with Rod Rosenstein. I consult him sometimes privately, which again is more constructive versus the public hearings we now have,” Gowdy said. “He’s a Trump appointee. Same goes with [Attorney General] Jeff Sessions. Same goes with [FBI Director] Chris Wray. If President Trump is dissatisfied with Rod Rosenstein, he’ll fire him with a tweet.”
The deputy attorney general, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling Russia probe and it is a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s ire, is accused by House Republicans of dragging his feet in giving answers to requests for documents related to Mueller’s work.
POLITICO reported yesterday that House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Freedom Caucus founder Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) along with other conservatives are launching a new effort to oust Rosenstein and are also putting the finishing touches on an impeachment filing.
Gowdy said he’s unsure there’s enough support to the at home.
“I’m not convinced there is a movement,” Gowdy said. “I find about it in POLITICO and often their sources can beat mine. But I am not element of that.”