[Wash Times] Rep. Jim Jordan said the struggle between the House of Representatives and the Department of Justice is part of a larger show of disrespect from several parts of the executive branch.
During an interview with The Washington Times’ Tim Constantine for "The Capitol Hill Show" on Thursday, Mr. Jordan explained the reasoning behind the decision to file articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
"This is the executive branch, people in high levels of the bureaucracy basically telling a separate and equal branch to go take a hike," Mr. Jordan said, "And it’s not supposed to work that way. That’s not how the Constitution is set up. That not how the system is supposed to operate, so yes, it’s a big problem."
Mr. Jordan cited several other examples of what he saw as executive agencies resisting orders from Congress. He said this FBI issue is similar to withholding and deleting evidence during the 2014 IRS controversy and Benghazi hearings.
The Ohio congressman filed impeachment articles against Mr. Rosenstein alongside fellow Freedom Caucus member Rep. Mark Meadows and other Republicans on July 25. |