Too extreme even for Paul Ryan
by digby
Insanity:
House Republican members of the conservative Freedom Caucus introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday -- the latest salvo in an ongoing back-and-forth between some in the GOP over the Justice Department's handling of the Russia probe.
The 11 lawmakers accuse the Department of Justice of "intentionally withholding embarrassing documents and information," and allege the agency hid investigative information from Congress, abused the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act and failed to comply with subpoenas, according to a statement.
It took him a while but he finally spoke up:
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said Thursday that he agrees the Justice Department should comply with congressional requests for information related to the Russia investigation, but that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's slow-walking of documents does not warrant impeachment, Politico reports.
“I don’t think we should be cavalier with this process or this term. Number two, I don't think this rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, which is a really high standard."
— Speaker Paul Ryan.
Big of him.
Jim Jordan announced that he's running to be Speaker after Ryan steps down. Apparently, being accused of enabling sexual abuse of college athletes is no impediment to GOP leadership. But then, look at the president ... the entire GOP is led by sexual abusers.
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