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Republicans launch bid to impeach US deputy attorney general

Source: BBC News:
July 25, 2018 at 19:52
AFP / US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
AFP / US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
Republicans have launched a bid to remove the Department of Justice official overseeing the Russia inquiry dogging Donald Trump's presidency.

 

House of Representatives conservatives have filed articles of impeachment in an effort to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

The measures were introduced on Wednesday evening by Representatives Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan.

They accuse him of stonewalling their inquiries, which his department denies.

Impeachment would have to be approved by a majority in the House and backed by two-thirds of the US Senate to convict Mr Rosenstein, which makes the plan a long shot.

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