Republicans on Capitol Hill said Wednesday they have filed a resolution to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said he filed the resolution along with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and others in order to oust Rosenstein for allegedly obstructing justice.
“The DOJ has continued to hide information from Congress and repeatedly obstructed oversight — even defying multiple Congressional subpoenas,” Meadows wrote on Twitter.
“We have had enough.”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said the move was dishonest and an attempt to shield President Trump.
“These articles of impeachment against Rod Rosenstein were filed in bad faith and show extraordinary lengths to which House Republicans will go to protect Trump,” Schiff wrote in a tweet.
“History will record these Members as willing accomplices in the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation.”
Only 11 members of the House have signed on to the effort.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has not signaled his support.
Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, has been a frequent target of Trump.