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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2018
Mr. @RepMarkMeadows & MR. @Jim_Jordan
submitted the following
resolution;

RESOLUTION

Impeaching Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General of the United States
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(2) Resolved that Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General of the
United States, is impeached & that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United
States of America...

(3) in the name of itself and all of the people of the United States of
America, against Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General of the United States,
in maintenance & support of its impeachment against him for high crimes &
misdemeanors...

(4)Article I:

March 2, 2017 Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from any
matter potentially relating to 2016 campaign

Upon AG's recusal, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein assumed responsibility to
oversee Department’s response to congressional investigations of
DOJ & FBI

(5)July 27, 2017 House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte & 19 Members of
Congress requested 2nd special counsel to conduct a comprehensive
investigation into matters related to 2016 presidential campaign that appear to
be outside scope of Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation

(6)March 6, 2018, Chairman Goodlatte & Chairman Gowdy called for
appointment of a 2nd special counsel to investigate these matters due to
actual or potential conflicts of interests related to certain prosecutorial &
investigative decisions made & not made by DOJ in 2016
& 2017

(7)March 29, 2018 AG Sessions wrote to Chairman Chuck Grassley, Chairman Bob Goodlatte & Chairman Trey Gowdy that he would not appoint 2nd Special Counsel to investigate these matters despite apparent & the actual conflicts of interests of current & former DOJ & FBI employees

(8) On May 22, 2018, Rep. Lee Zeldin, along with 31 Members of Congress,
introduced H. Res. 907, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the
Attorney General should appoint a second Special Counsel.

(9)on July 21, 2018 DOJ released a heavily redacted set of
documents containing Carter Page FISA warrant application & subsequent
renewals.
Upon reviewing documents, it is evident Deputy AG Rosenstein signed an FBI application to renew FISA surveillance on Carter page

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(10)in authorizing FISA surveillance makes him a fact witness central to ongoing investigation of FISA abuse. Deputy AG Rosenstein’s
failure to recuse himself in light of this inherent conflict of interest & failure to
recommend Special Counsel constitute dereliction of duty

(11) Wherefore, Rod Rosenstein, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office of the Deputy Attorney General of the United States

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(12)Article II:
Mr. Rosenstein & DOJ have repeatedly failed to produce
documents requested byCommittee on the Judiciary & Committee on
Oversight & Government Reform, despite the committees’ constitutional duty to
conduct oversight of the FBI & broader Department of Justice

(13)On October 24, 2017, the Committee on Judiciary and the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform opened a joint investigation into the decisions made by the DOJ in 2016 & 2017 related to their handling of Former Secretary Clinton email investigation
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(14)November 3, 2017, Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Gowdy & 4 Members
of Congress, sent a letter to AG Sessions & Deputy AG Rosenstein requesting documents related to certain prosecutorial & investigative decisions the Department of Justice’s made during 2016 election
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(15)December 12, 2017, Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Gowdy, & members sent a letter in furtherance of their previous document requests, urging Department to provide withheld documents & to comply with Committees’ previous instructions to provide a privilege log for documents....

(16)..withheld or redacted on the basis of a privilege. Mr. Rosenstein and the
Department of Justice have refused to provide a privilege log for these documents, despite producing documents to Congress that are so redacted they contain little probative information.

(17)February 1, 2018 Chairman Goodlatte sent letter requesting documents
related to abuses of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act “FISA”
related to Trump campaign. AG Rosenstein is to act on behalf of AG for purposes of authorizing searches & electronic surveillance under FISA

(18)on March 22, 2018, Chairman Goodlatte issued a subpoena compelling Mr.
Rosenstein & DOJ to produce documents after Department failed to fully comply with Committee on the Judiciary &Committee on Oversight & Government Reform’s document requests.

(19)Documents related to abuses of FISA related to members of Trump campaign, subpoena requested: 1.All documents & communications with “FISC” referring or relating to “FISA” applications associated with Carter Page or individuals on Trumps presidential campaign or administration

(20)
2. All documents and communications referring or relating to FISC
hearings and deliberations, including any court transcripts, related to any
FISA applications associated with Carter Page or the Trump campaign or
Trump administration;

(21)
3. All documents and communications referring or relating to defensive
briefings provided by the Department of Justice or FBI to the 2016
presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton or President Trump; and

(22)
4. All documents and communications referring or relating to proposed,
recommended, or actual FISA coverage on the Clinton Foundation or
persons associated or in communication with the Clinton Foundation

(23) The DOJ has violated this congressional subpoena by failing to
fully produce each of these categories of documents.
Following the issuance of the March 22 subpoena, Mr. Rosenstein & Department of Justice have refused to comply with a Memorandum

(24)communications with Committee on Judiciary, Committee on Oversight & Government Reform to expedite production of documents. DOJ has missed document production deadlines, produced duplicative pages of info & has redacted pages to point where they contain little probative info

(25)Whereas additional documents provided to members of congress in July 2018 by whistleblowers demonstrate under Mr. Rosenstein leadership DOJ & FBI have knowingly & intentionally withheld documents within the
scope of the joint congressional investigation to avoid oversight.

(26)June 27, 2018, witness testimony provided in a transcribed interview with
members of Committee on Judiciary & Committee on Oversight & Government Reform revealed the DOJ & Special Counsel Mueller had instructed material fact witnesses to refuse to provide testimony within...

(27)...the jurisdiction of the committees’ joint investigation; even though much of
this information is not law enforcement sensitive and available through
open source media reporting.

(28)July 13, 2018, witness testimony provided in a transcribed interview with
members of Committee on the Judiciary & Committee on Oversight &
Government Reform revealed the DO had failed to notify material fact witnesses of repeated congressional requests for their testimony.

(29)Article III
Upon in camera review of documents at DOJ, it was revealed the Department, under the supervision of Mr. Rosenstein, attempted to conceal certain facts as documents provided to Congress were heavily & unnecessarily redacted.

(30)Most of the redacted documents containing material investigative information did not contain law-enforcement-sensitive information, the Department’s stated basis for redactions.

(31)The Department of Justice, under the supervision of Mr. Rosenstein, unnecessarily redacted the price of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference table because it was potentially embarrassing information.

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(32)DOJ under supervision of Mr. Rosenstien, redacted FBI
Agent Peter Strzok’s personal relationship with FISC Judge Rudolph Contreras.
DOJ under supervision of Mr. Rosenstein, redacted
names of Obama admin officials such as former White
House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough

(33)DOJ under supervision of Mr. Rosenstein, redacted names of FBI officials such as former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
DOJ acknowledged unnecessary redactions & agreed
that some info should not have been redacted in April 16, 2018 letter to
Representatives Meadows & Jordan

(34)Article IV
May 17, 2017, Deputy AG Rosenstein appointed Robert S.
Mueller III as Special Counsel to investigate possible ties between Trump
campaign & Russia. May 2017, Mr. Rosenstein authored initial memo
articulating scope of Special Counsel investigation jurisdiction.

(35)Aug 2, 2017 Mr. Rosenstein drafted articulating scope of
Special Counsel investigation began by noting “following allegations
were within scope of investigation at time of your appointment & are
within scope of order” with everything following initial allegations redacted

(36)Mr. Rosenstein’s memo is classified doc & almost completely redacted,
raising concerns appointment of Robert S. Mueller as Special Counsel began outside scope of regulations for special counsel investigations by originating on counterintelligence rather than criminal basis.

(37)Mr. Rosenstein’s memo also raises concerns given Special Counsel investigations are not warranted by the existence of mere allegations & require there be facts evident warranting a “criminal investigation of a person or matter.”

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(38)Mr. Rosenstein’s memo raises fundamental concerns related to the government’s basis for alleging “collusion” between the Trump campaign & Russia, & whether these allegations resulted in potential crimes warranting investigation

(39)Despite significant public interest & constitutional authority of Congress to conduct oversight of DOJ Mr. Rosenstein has failed to provide less-redacted version, even in classified setting.
Rod Rosenstein such conduct warrants impeachment trial &
removal from office

(40)Article V
In his capacity as Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Mr. Rosenstein oversaw the potentially improper authorization of FISA searches and electronic surveillance of members of the Trump campaign.

(41) Evidenced by July 21, 2018 release of the Carter Page FISA application,
under Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision, the “dossier” compiled by Christopher Steele
on behalf of the Democratic National Committee & Hillary Clinton campaign
formed a material part of FISA application.

(42)
Under Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision, the Department of Justice and FBI
intentionally obfuscated the fact the dossier was originally a political opposition
research document before the FISC.

(43)
Under Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision, Christopher Steele’s political opposition
research was neither vetted before it was used in October 2016 nor fully revealed
to the FISC, given Director Comey’s June 2017 testimony the dossier was
“salacious and unverified.”

(44)Mr. Rosenstein has failed responsibility for authorization of searches under FISA & his conduct related to surveillance of US citizens working on Trump campaign has permanently undermined public & congressional confidence in significant counterintelligence program processes.

(45)
Under Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision, the public’s confidence in the integrity of the
FISA process depends on the court’s ability to hold the government to the highest-
standard-particularly as it relates to surveillance of American citizens;

(46)Given Mr. Rosenstein’s oversight of FISA process is a central issue in congressional investigation into certain decisions made & not made by
DOJ & FBI in 2016 & 2017, he has actual & potential conflicts of interest requiring the appointment of a 2nd Special Counsel.

(47)
Wherefore, Deputy Attorney General of the United States of America, Rod Rosenstein, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and #WeThePeople DEMAND removal from office Immediately meadows.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…

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