The Freedom is Slavering for Trump Caucus
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Champaign County GOP Rep. Jim Jordan — who had a heated exchange with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at a House Judiciary Committee hearing last month — has introduced impeachment articles against the number two Justice Department official.
Jordan and several of his House Freedom Caucus colleagues introduced the impeachment articles on Tuesday which claim that Rosenstein intentionally withheld embarrassing documents and information from Congress, failed to comply with congressional subpoenas, and otherwise abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
“The DOJ is keeping information from Congress,” said a statement from Jordan. “Enough is enough. It’s time to hold Mr. Rosenstein accountable for blocking Congress’ constitutional oversight role.”
Yes, this is a clearly a serious effort to ensure the preservation of the separation of powers:
Among other things, some House Republicans want to impeach Rod Rosenstein for something that happened six months before he took office. pic.twitter.com/Rt3u6GJLmh
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) July 25, 2018
.. and for something that happened both before Rosenstein took office *and* is belied by the declassified portions of the government's FISA application. pic.twitter.com/4rqfW0uhfV
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) July 25, 2018
Now, you might look at this and see Jim Jordan and his like-minded colleagues as shamelessly cynical liars. But, look, “malfeasance should be ignored if it uncovering it would be inconsistent with my immediate professional self-interest” is a kind of principle, and you can’t deny that Jordan has consistently adhered to it.