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Wherefore, Rod Rosenstein, by such conduct, war-
rants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
ARTICLE II 
Mr. Rosenstein and the Department of Justice have 
repeatedly failed to produce documents requested by the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, despite the committees’ 
constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the FBI and 
broader Department of Justice. 
On October 24, 2017, the Committee on Judiciary 
and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
opened a joint investigation into the decisions made by the 
Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017 related to their 
handling of the Secretary Clinton email investigation. 
On November 3, 2017, Chairman Goodlatte, Chair-
man Gowdy, and four Members of Congress, sent a letter 
to Attorney General Sessions and Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral Rosenstein requesting documents related to certain 
prosecutorial and investigative decisions the Department 
of Justice’s made during the 2016 election. 
On December 12, 2017, Chairman Goodlatte, Chair-
man Gowdy, and other members sent a letter in further-
ance of their previous document requests, urging the De-
partment to provide withheld documents, and to comply 
with the Committees’ previous instructions to provide a 
privilege log for documents withheld or redacted on the 
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basis of a privilege. Mr. Rosenstein and the Department 
of Justice have refused to provide a privilege log for these 
documents, despite producing documents to Congress that 
are so redacted they contain little probative information. 
On February 1, 2018, Chairman Goodlatte sent a let-
ter requesting documents related to alleged abuses of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (‘‘FISA’’) related to 
members of the Trump campaign. As Deputy Attorney 
General of the United States, Mr. Rosenstein is to act on 
behalf of the Attorney General for purposes of authorizing 
searches and electronic surveillance under the FISA. 
On March 22, 2018, Chairman Goodlatte issued a 
subpoena compelling Mr. Rosenstein and the Department 
of Justice to produce documents after the Department 
failed to fully comply with the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form’s document requests. In requesting documents re-
lated to alleged abuses of FISA related to members of the 
Trump campaign, the subpoena requested: 
(1) All documents and communications with the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (‘‘FISC’’) 
referring or relating to any Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act (‘‘FISA’’) applications associated with 
Carter Page or individuals on President Trump’s 
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2016 Presidential campaign or part of the Trump 
administration. 
(2) All documents and communications refer-
ring or relating to FISC hearings and deliberations, 
including any court transcripts, related to any FISA 
applications associated with Carter Page or the 
Trump campaign or Trump administration. 
(3) All documents and communications refer-
ring or relating to defensive briefings provided by 
the Department of Justice or FBI to the 2016 Pres-
idential campaigns of Hillary Clinton or President 
Trump. 
(4) All documents and communications refer-
ring or relating to proposed, recommended, or actual 
FISA coverage on the Clinton Foundation or per-
sons associated or in communication with the Clin-
ton Foundation. 
The Department of Justice has violated this congressional 
subpoena by failing to fully produce each of these cat-
egories of documents. 
Following the issuance of the March 22 subpoena, 
Mr. Rosenstein and the Department of Justice have re-
fused to comply with a Memorandum-of-Understanding 
negotiated with the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to expe-
dite the production of documents. 
Whereas the Department of Justice has missed docu-
ment production deadlines, produced duplicative pages of 
information, and has redacted pages to the point where 
they contain little probative information. 
Whereas additional documents provided to Members 
of Congress in July 2018 by whistleblowers demonstrate 
under Mr. Rosenstein’s leadership the Department of Jus-
tice and FBI have knowingly and intentionally withheld 
documents within the scope of the joint congressional in-
vestigation to avoid oversight. 
On June 27, 2018, witness testimony provided in a 
transcribed interview with members of the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform revealed the Department of Justice and 
Special Counsel Mueller had instructed material fact wit-
nesses to refuse to provide testimony within the jurisdic-
tion of the committees’ joint investigation; even though 
much of this information is not law enforcement sensitive 
and available through open source media reporting. 
On July 13, 2018, witness testimony provided in a 
transcribed interview with members of the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform revealed the Department of Justice had 
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failed to notify material fact witnesses of repeated con-
gressional requests for their testimony. 
Wherefore, Rod Rosenstein, by such conduct, war-
rants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
ARTICLE III 
Upon in camera review of documents at the Depart-
ment of Justice, it was revealed the Department, under 
the supervision of Mr. Rosenstein, attempted to conceal 
certain facts as documents provided to Congress were 
heavily and unnecessarily redacted. Most of the redacted 
documents containing material investigative information 
did not contain law-enforcement-sensitive information, the 
Department’s stated basis for redactions. 
The Department of Justice, under the supervision of 
Mr. Rosenstein, unnecessarily redacted the price of FBI 
Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference 
table because it was potentially embarrassing information. 
The Department of Justice, under the supervision of 
Mr. Rosenstein, redacted FBI Agent Peter Strzok’s per-
sonal relationship with FISC Judge Rudolph Contreras. 
The Department of Justice, under the supervision of 
Mr. Rosenstein, redacted the names of high-ranking 
Obama administration officials, such as former White 
House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. 
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The Department of Justice, under the supervision of 
Mr. Rosenstein, redacted the names of high-ranking FBI 
officials, such as former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. 
The Department of Justice acknowledged the unnec-
essary redactions and agreed that some information 
should not have been redacted in an April 16, 2018, letter 
to Representatives Meadows and Jordan. 
Wherefore, Rod Rosenstein, by such conduct, war-
rants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
ARTICLE IV 
On May 17, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rosen-
stein appointed Robert S. Mueller III as the Special Coun-
sel to investigate possible ties between the Trump cam-
paign and Russia. In May 2017, Mr. Rosenstein authored 
the initial memo articulating the scope of the Special 
Counsel investigation’s jurisdiction. 
On August 2, 2017, Mr. Rosenstein drafted a memo 
articulating the scope of the Special Counsel investigation 
which began by noting ‘‘the following allegations were 
within the scope of the investigation at the time of your 
appointment and are within the scope of the order’’, with 
nearly everything following the mention of those initial al-
legations redacted. 
Mr. Rosenstein’s memo is a classified document and 
almost completely redacted, raising concerns the appoint-
ment of Robert S. Mueller III as Special Counsel began 
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outside the scope of regulations for Special Counsel inves-
tigations by originating on a counterintelligence, rather 
than criminal, basis. 
Mr. Rosenstein’s memo also raises concerns given 
Special Counsel investigations are not warranted by the 
existence of mere allegations, and require there be facts 
evident warranting a ‘‘criminal investigation of a person 
or matter’’. 
Mr. Rosenstein’s memo raises fundamental concerns 
related to the Government’s basis for alleging ‘‘collusion’’ 
between the Trump campaign and Russia, and whether 
these allegations resulted in potential crimes warranting 
investigation. 
Despite the significant public interest in the matter 
and the constitutional authority of Congress to conduct 
oversight of the Department of Justice, Mr. Rosenstein 
has repeatedly failed to provide a less-redacted version of 
this scope memo, even in a classified setting. 
Wherefore, Rod Rosenstein, by such conduct, war-
rants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
ARTICLE V 
In his capacity as Deputy Attorney General of the 
United States, Mr. Rosenstein oversaw the potentially im-
proper authorization of FISA searches and electronic sur-
veillance of members of the Trump campaign. 
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As evidenced by the July 21, 2018, release of the 
Carter Page FISA application, under Mr. Rosenstein’s su-
pervision, the ‘‘dossier’’ compiled by Christopher Steele on 
behalf of the Democratic National Committee and the Hil-
lary Clinton campaign formed a material part of the FISA 
application. 
Under Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision, the Department 
of Justice and FBI intentionally obfuscated the fact the 
dossier was originally a political opposition research docu-
ment before the FISC. 
Under Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision, Christopher 
Steele’s political opposition research was neither vetted be-
fore it was used in October 2016 nor fully revealed to the 
FISC, given Director Comey’s June 2017 testimony the 
dossier was ‘‘salacious and unverified’’. 
As Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Rosenstein has 
failed in his responsibility for the proper authorization of 
searches under FISA, and his conduct related to the sur-
veillance of American citizens working on the Trump cam-
paign has permanently undermined both public and con-
gressional confidence in significant counterintelligence 
program processes. 
Under Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision, the public’s con-
fidence in the integrity of the FISA process depends on 
the court’s ability to hold the Government to the highest- 
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standard-particularly as it relates to surveillance of Amer-
ican citizens. 
Given Mr. Rosenstein’s oversight of the FISA process 
is a central issue in the current congressional investigation 
into certain decisions made and not made by the Depart-
ment of Justice and FBI in 2016 and 2017, he has actual 
and potential conflicts of interest requiring the appoint-
ment of a second Special Counsel. 
Wherefore, Rod Rosenstein, by such conduct, war-
rants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
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