According to a new report in The Hill, Rep. Mark Meadows is backing off his call to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein:
Meadows swaps Rosenstein impeachment efforts for contempt after House leadership discussions https://t.co/nF0jfhCNhI
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) July 26, 2018
From The Hill:
When asked if he does not receive the documents they are seeking by the time the House returns from August recess, Meadows said, “I think the very first order of business would be moving the House to a contempt vote.”
“I think it is our desire to have more of a contempt process, which obviously has to have a partner with the Speaker and I think hopefully they will at least acknowledge we’ve made some reasonable concessions to give DOJ and FBI,” Meadows told a scrum of reporters.
This would be quite the change of heart from last night:
I just filed a resolution with @Jim_Jordan and several colleagues to impeach Rod Rosenstein. The DOJ has continued to hide information from Congress and repeatedly obstructed oversight–even defying multiple Congressional subpoenas.
We have had enough.
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) July 25, 2018
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan had earlier in the day told reporters that he did not support impeachment:
NEWS ALERT: @SpeakerRyan does not support Rosenstein impeachment. pic.twitter.com/pLAQI4hDBN
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 26, 2018
And there were only 11 Republicans in total who signed on for this:
Mark Meadows could have forced a floor vote on impeaching Rod Rosenstein if he had the support of the House of Representatives. Any member can bring a privileged impeachment resolution to the floor.
Meadows didn't.
He has 11 backing impeachment with their names so far, not 218.— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 26, 2018
And Rep. Meadows admitted they didn’t have the votes for impeachment during speech on the House floor:
Meadows says he doesn't think "there would have been 218 votes" to impeach Rosenstein on the flr today.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 26, 2018
But it does sound like they’re making progress at getting documents from the DOJ, which is good:
On forgoing Rosenstein impeachment effort, Meadows says "Scalise provided a meaningful dialogue..so we have process" for handling documents. "I can’t stand to have a process where nothing happens tomorrow..Now this is in Rod Rosenstein’s court."
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 26, 2018
Meadows says conversations about DoJ document production & impeachment for Rosenstein continued "late last night" and were "starting again at 6:30 this morning"
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 26, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 17, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 13, 2018
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