Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is considering subpoenaing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein if he doesn’t blast Congress about this controversial New York Times report. The piece suggested that last year, Rosenstein said he was secretly writing President Trump down at the White House and suggested he invoked the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
While traveling with Trump on Air Force One on Columbus Day, Rosenstein assured the president that his comments last year were his attempts at sarcasm and not solemn.
Whether it was a joke or not, Congress needs to hear it.
“It is imperative that we talk to him,” Goodlatte he said on the weekend. “He knows it.”
What Congress wants, Goodlatte explained, is prescribed in the record interview.
“If he doesn’t agree to this soon, I will issue a subpoena,” the Republican warned.
Several of Goodlatte’s colleagues agreed.
“He needs to come in and answer questions,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “If it requires a subpoena, that’s what needs to be done.”
Rosenstein has “duty to come with the president,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) echoed this on Fox News on Monday.
Issa noted that Rosenstein appears to be “unwilling to engage in a conversation that could lead to his dismissal” in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Attorney General Jeff Sessions already withdrew from the probe last year – a decision that President Trump publicly condemned.
If Rosenstein doesn’t show up to talk to Congress, yes, “call him,” Issa said. If he still doesn’t show, “hold him in contempt.”
