IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1028 
Impeaching Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Attorney General of the United 
States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. MEADOWS (for himself, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 
DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. PERRY) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Attorney General 
of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney 
General of the United States, is impeached for high crimes 
and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of im-
peachment be exhibited to the Senate: 
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and all of the people of the United States 
of America, against Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney 
General of the United States, in maintenance and support 
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of its impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. 
ARTICLE I 
On March 2, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions 
recused himself from any matter potentially relating to the 
2016 campaign. Upon the Attorney General’s recusal, 
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein assumed re-
sponsibility to oversee the Department’s response to the 
congressional investigations of the Department of Justice 
and FBI. 
On July 27, 2017, House Judiciary Chairman Bob 
Goodlatte and 19 Members of Congress requested a sec-
ond Special Counsel to conduct a comprehensive investiga-
tion into matters related to the 2016 Presidential cam-
paign that appear to be outside the scope of Special Coun-
sel Mueller’s investigation. 
On September 26, 2017, House Judiciary Chairman 
Bob Goodlatte and 13 Members of Congress sent a letter 
repeating the call for a second Special Counsel. 
On March 6, 2018, Chairman Goodlatte and Chair-
man Gowdy called for the appointment of a second Special 
Counsel to investigate these matters due to the actual or 
potential conflicts of interests related to certain prosecu-
torial and investigative decisions made and not made by 
the Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017. 
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On March 29, 2018, Attorney General Sessions wrote 
in a letter to Chairman Chuck Grassley, Chairman Bob 
Goodlatte, and Chairman Trey Gowdy that he would not 
appoint a second Special Counsel to investigate these mat-
ters despite the apparent and actual conflicts of interests 
of current and former Department of Justice and FBI em-
ployees. 
On May 22, 2018, Rep. Lee Zeldin, along with 31 
Members of Congress, introduced H. Res. 907, a resolu-
tion expressing the sense of Congress that the Attorney 
General should appoint a second Special Counsel. 
On July 21, 2018, the Department of Justice re-
leased a heavily redacted set of documents containing the 
Carter Page FISA warrant application and subsequent re-
newals. Upon reviewing the documents, it is evident Dep-
uty Attorney General Rosenstein signed an FBI applica-
tion to renew FISA surveillance on Carter Page. 
As such, his conduct in authorizing the FISA surveil-
lance at issue in the joint congressional investigation 
makes him a fact witness central to the ongoing investiga-
tion of potential FISA abuse. Deputy Attorney General 
Rosenstein’s failure to recuse himself in light of this inher-
ent conflict of interest and failure to recommend the ap-
pointment of a second Special Counsel constitute derelic-
tion of duty. 
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