Congressman Krishnamoorthi: Rosenstein Impeachment Resolution is Naked Attempt to Kneecap Mueller - If They’re Serious, House Leadership Should Hold A Vote

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Committee issued the following statement in response to the articles of impeachment filed against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein by Representatives Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) with 9 of their House Republican colleagues:

"The resolution to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein is the newest in a long series of Republican attempts to undermine, discredit, and disrupt the Mueller investigation, even as the Special Counsel and his team have filed 30 indictments and secured five guilty pleas from a group including four Trump campaign officials and members of Vladimir Putin's military intelligence force.

If they're actually serious, the House Leadership should bring this resolution to a vote immediately. It's a total media stunt to file articles of impeachment at 7 in the evening immediately before Congress leaves for a 5-week recess. If Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein's actions are so egregious, how can House Republicans possibly justify letting him stay in his job for another 5 weeks? By refusing to take action, it only proves that this sideshow is just another attack on Special Counsel Mueller's investigation. This is nothing more than a stunt meant to sabotage the Mueller investigation.

If the Speaker thinks this resolution has any merit, he has an obligation to bring it to a prompt vote regardless of whether it delays or disrupts recess."