House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said Sunday it was not the Justice Department’s demand to exclude lawmakers from next week’s transcribed interview with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

During an interview on Fox News, Goodlatte pushed back against the complaints of some of his colleagues claiming they were blocked and that Rosenstein was essentially able to establish the rules of the discussion.

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