Intel Dem: ‘Sickening’ to hear GOP drafting articles of impeachment against Rosenstein

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said on Monday that it makes him sick to hear Republican lawmakers have begun drafting a resolution calling to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

“It’s sickening to hear that … there are no limits, or no length, that they are not willing to go to just torch the Department of Justice,” Swalwell, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN.

The impeachment documents, which have been spearheaded by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and other conservatives, make a number of charges against Rosenstein, the top Justice Department official overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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The charges include allegations that Rosenstein stalled in producing documents about congressional investigations into government misconduct, violated federal law when he refused to comply with a congressional subpoena concerning Congress’s efforts to get documents about the FBI’s surveillance during the 2016 election and failed to enforce laws and protocols.

“Voters will have their own say at the ballot box this November and I don’t think they’re going to look too kindly on people who think their job is to protect the president rather than to protect our democracy,” Swalwell said of the GOP’s efforts against Rosenstein.

Rosenstein became a popular target for Republicans trying to discredit Mueller’s investigation after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation.

President Trump has called Mueller’s investigation a “witch hunt” and repeatedly denied there was collusion between Russia and his campaign.

At the moment, there is no sign that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other House leaders will act on the measure against Rosenstein.