Rosenstein Negotiates Limited Interview

News  |  Oct 19, 2018

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will head to Capitol Hill October 24th to discuss remarks he allegedly made about possibly wearing a wire to record President Trump and moving to invoke the 25th Amendment. 

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said Rosenstein will sit down with the two of them plus the Democratic ranking members of their committees, Representatives. Jerry Nadler ( D-NY) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD). 

CNN

The interview will be held behind closed doors in a secure setting, the lawmakers said, but a transcript will be released once it is scrubbed by the intelligence community for sensitive information.

President Trump's congressional allies have been calling for Rosenstein to resign, and they are not happy the deputy AG will not be facing all committee members next week. 

CNN:

"It should not happen the way it was talked about (Thursday). That is completely unacceptable for those of us who have been involved in this issue now," said Rep. Jim Jordan, who plans to run to be the next Republican House leader. "The idea that it's just going to happen with two members from the Republican Party, just two members from the Democrat Party, in a classified setting, which means one thing — the American people will never know what's said."

The Ohio Republican said he's expressed his unhappiness to Goodlatte over the phone already. 

"I think there are a number of us who are going to push back on that real, real hard," Jordan said.

Gowdy has encouraged his committee members to give him questions they want to be asked, and he will ask them of Rosenstein, a Gowdy aide said.

"As noted in our statement yesterday, the transcript will eventually be made public, therefore all members, press and the general public will have access to the information," the aide added.

Rosenstein to face lawmakers on Capitol Hill next week (CNN)

Trump's GOP allies are mad over Rosenstein's interview arrangement (CNN)

Key Trump ally in Congress calls on Rosenstein to resign (WaPo)