Republican leadership spoke with Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) after he issued articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Wednesday, and Meadows today says he's no longer pursuing impeachment.
When asked what will happen if he does not receive the documents two House committees 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.
Meadows, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus and fierce DOJ critic, said his decision to table impeachment comes after he had "very good, good conversations with the leadership team [and] with Chairman [of the Judiciary Committee Rep. Bob] Goodlatte [R-Va.] on a path forward."
Meadows backs off impeaching Rosenstein after leadership talks (The Hill)