Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus say they don’t agree with Speaker Paul Ryan’s assessment that the Department of Justice is complying with requests to turn over key documents related to investigations of Hillary Clinton and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who is head of the Freedom Caucus, said the department is “moving at glacial speed,” and said he disagrees with Ryan, who told reporters Tuesday he believes the department is now turning over the material.
Meadows said unless the Justice Department hands over the remaining documents this week, “then I would say the Speaker has been misinformed.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, a member of the Freedom Caucus, said the department has not complied with two congressional subpoenas demanding information about the probe into alleged Trump campaign collusion, and said Congress is weighing “all options” against the department.
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“I would disagree with the speaker’s assessment on all of that,” Jordan said.
Jordan and Meadows want Congress to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and have called on the Justice Department to investigate his alleged threatens against GOP aides seeking the documents.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said on Face the Nation he does not back a resolution to impeach Rosenstein.
“If President Trump is dissatisfied with Rod Rosenstein, he can fire him with a tweet. But to impeach someone, I mean, no. I’m not convinced there is a movement,” Gowdy said.
Ryan acknowledged Tuesday there have been “compliance issues” involving the department’s refusal to turn over documents and that he had to get involved, but said the department is now complying with the requests.
Meadows and Jordan spoke at Conversations with Conservatives, a monthly forum.
