House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he isn’t supporting a resolution put forward by a group of conservative lawmakers to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein because his actions don’t merit it.
Ryan, R-Wis., cited several reasons for disagreeing with the measure, which Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and ten others introduced Wednesday night.
“Do I support the impeachment of Rod Rosenstein? No I do not,” Ryan told reporters. “I don’t think we should be cavalier with this process. I don’t think this rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Meadows and others are at odds with Rosenstein over documents Congress is seeking relating to the Department of Justice probes into Hillary Clinton’s private email server as well as the investigation into alleged Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Rosenstein is overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Ryan partly disagrees with Meadows, who has argued the DOJ is not complying adequately with document requests.
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