Hoyer Joins Letter Warning President Trump Against Using the Nunes Memo to Fire Special Counsel Bob Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
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For Immediate Release:
February 2, 2018
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WASHINGTON, DC – Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined House and Senate Democrats today in sending a letter to President Trump warning him against using the newly-released partisan Nunes Memo as a pretext to fire either Special Counsel Bob Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein – who is overseeing Special Counsel Mueller’s Russia investigation. The letter was also signed by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, House Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Patty Murray, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Adam Schiff, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler, and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein.
In the letter, Democrats wrote, “We are alarmed by reports that you may intend to use this misleading document as a pretext to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in an effort to corruptly influence or impede Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation. We write to inform you that we would consider such an unwarranted action as an attempt to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation. Firing Rod Rosenstein, DOJ Leadership, or Bob Mueller could result in a constitutional crisis of the kind not seen since the Saturday Night Massacre.”
To read the text of the letter, please see below.
Dear President Trump:
The decision to release a partisan and misleading memo over the objections of your own Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director and the Department of Justice (DOJ) was a transparent attempt to discredit the hard-working men and women of law enforcement who are investigating Russia’s interference with our presidential election and that nation’s ties to your campaign.
We are alarmed by reports that you may intend to use this misleading document as a pretext to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in an effort to corruptly influence or impede Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation.
We write to inform you that we would consider such an unwarranted action as an attempt to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation. Firing Rod Rosenstein, DOJ Leadership, or Bob Mueller could result in a constitutional crisis of the kind not seen since the Saturday Night Massacre.
Sincerely,
Representative Nancy Pelosi
Senator Chuck Schumer
Representative Steny Hoyer
Senator Dick Durbin
Representative Joe Crowley
Senator Patty Murray
Representative Adam Schiff
Senator Mark Warner
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Senator Dianne Feinstein
In the letter, Democrats wrote, “We are alarmed by reports that you may intend to use this misleading document as a pretext to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in an effort to corruptly influence or impede Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation. We write to inform you that we would consider such an unwarranted action as an attempt to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation. Firing Rod Rosenstein, DOJ Leadership, or Bob Mueller could result in a constitutional crisis of the kind not seen since the Saturday Night Massacre.”
To read the text of the letter, please see below.
Dear President Trump:
The decision to release a partisan and misleading memo over the objections of your own Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director and the Department of Justice (DOJ) was a transparent attempt to discredit the hard-working men and women of law enforcement who are investigating Russia’s interference with our presidential election and that nation’s ties to your campaign.
We are alarmed by reports that you may intend to use this misleading document as a pretext to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in an effort to corruptly influence or impede Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation.
We write to inform you that we would consider such an unwarranted action as an attempt to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation. Firing Rod Rosenstein, DOJ Leadership, or Bob Mueller could result in a constitutional crisis of the kind not seen since the Saturday Night Massacre.
Sincerely,
Representative Nancy Pelosi
Senator Chuck Schumer
Representative Steny Hoyer
Senator Dick Durbin
Representative Joe Crowley
Senator Patty Murray
Representative Adam Schiff
Senator Mark Warner
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Senator Dianne Feinstein