--- title: Republicans Draft Impeachment Articles Against Rosenstein description: House Republicans allied with President Trump have drafted articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein canonical: https://time.com/5260719/rod-rosenstein-articles-of-impeachment/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-01T01:44:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:08:07.881Z article:section: Politics og:title: House Republicans Go After Rod Rosenstein as a 'Last Resort' og:description: The House Freedom Caucus has drafted the articles of impeachment og:url: https://time.com/5260719/rod-rosenstein-articles-of-impeachment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt964d93ae92b73a41/6988ccfc196cf498ee04013a/rod-rosenstein-deputy-attorney-general-james-comey-donald-trump-senators.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4828 og:image:height: 2716 og:image:alt: Nominees for Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, and Rachel Brand nominated for Associate Attorney General og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: House Republicans Go After Rod Rosenstein as a 'Last Resort' twitter:description: The House Freedom Caucus has drafted the articles of impeachment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt964d93ae92b73a41/6988ccfc196cf498ee04013a/rod-rosenstein-deputy-attorney-general-james-comey-donald-trump-senators.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # House Republicans Close to President Trump Draft Articles of Impeachment Against Rod Rosenstein > Sponsored content. 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Melina Mara—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins May 1, 2018 1:44 AM UTC House Republicans allied with President Trump have drafted articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General [Rod Rosenstein](http://time.com/4822251/rod-rosenstein-russia-investigation-recusal-donald-trump/) as a “last resort,” one of the authors said Monday. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chair of the House Freedom Caucus — which drafted the document — [told the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-allied-house-conservatives-draft-articles-of-impeachment-against-rosenstein-as-last-resort/2018/04/30/d78af412-4c97-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c%5Fstory.html?noredirect=on&utm%5Fterm=.afb6cddee133) that the articles would be used only “if the Department of Justice fails to respond” to requests for documents outlining decisions and behavior by law enforcement officials involved in the [Russia probe](http://time.com/5259024/james-comey-house-report-russia/) and other federal investigations. As deputy, Rosenstein has been overseeing the special counsel probe since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself in March of last year. “My frustrations about their inability to respond to simple requests could warrant further action,” Meadows told the _Post_, adding that many of his colleagues are growing frustrated with Rosenstein. The articles could spark conflict within the GOP as many of the party’s leaders have said Special Counsel [Robert Mueller](http://time.com/5248465/donald-trump-lawyers-rudy-giuliani-special-counsel/) should be left to continue his investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to the Russian government. Those Republicans’ support, along with the Democrats, would make it difficult for the document to gain genuine momentum in Congress. The articles of impeachment would have to be considered by the House Judiciary Committee, which recently came to an agreement with the Justice Department over documents to turn over. The resolution could stifle any desire of the committee’s leaders to consider impeachment. 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