Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) lashed out at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Friday afternoon over his demands for a special format to testify next week on Capitol Hill.
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte announced Thursday that Rosenstein will appear on Capitol Hill October 24th for a closed-door, transcribed interview.
Rosenstein is demanding the interview be private and held in a SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) with multiple Republican lawmakers excluded.
Unfortunately only the House Judiciary and Oversight Chairs and ranking members will be present for the grilling.
According to the House Judiciary announcement, only 4 members from the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will be present:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) announced Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will appear on October 24, 2018, for a transcribed interview conducted by Chairmen Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy and Ranking Members Jerry Nadler and Elijah Cummings.
JIM JORDAN: Rod Rosenstein wants a SPECIAL format to testify: only 2 Rep and 2 Dem members of Congress asking questions in closed door classified setting.
Another example of the double standard. One set of rules for regular folks, a different set for the politically connected. Unacceptable.
Rod Rosenstein wants a SPECIAL format to testify: only 2 Rep and 2 Dem members of Congress asking questions in closed door classified setting.
Another example of the double standard. One set of rules for regular folks, a different set for the politically connected. Unacceptable.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) October 19, 2018
MARK MEADOWS: Rod Rosenstein declines to show up before Congress and then asks for special treatment. He wants his interview to be private, in a SCIF, with multiple members excluded.
There should be NO double standard. Show up and tell the truth under the same conditions as everyone else.
Rod Rosenstein declines to show up before Congress and then asks for special treatment. He wants his interview to be private, in a SCIF, with multiple members excluded.
There should be NO double standard. Show up and tell the truth under the same conditions as everyone else.
— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) October 19, 2018
Meadows and Jordan want to ask Rod Rosenstein about his plot to wear a wire and oust Trump from office.
Former FBI lawyer James Baker appeared on Capitol Hill earlier Thursday for the second time to testify about Rosenstein’s plan to wear a wire and and the use of FISA warrants to oust President Trump from office.
Rep. Meadows emerged from the testimony Thursday calling for Rosenstein to “resign immediately.”
This is yet more proof that there is a two-tiered justice system in this country.
