McMorris Rodgers: Probe Russia now, maybe impeach Rosenstein later
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., facing fallout from an embarrassing fundraiser, says she backs an independent probe of Russia's intervention in America's 2016 election.
But McMorris Rodgers hinted that a Republican-run House could still take up impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller III.
McMorris Rodgers is doing a straddling act, between Republicans who accept President Trump's charge that the Russia probe is a "witch hunt" and the majority of Americans who tell pollsters they want to see out the investigation.
The Eastern Washington lawmaker has been in the vortex of a national news story. She held a closed fundraiser on July 30 with Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a vociferous Trump supporter.
A tape of the luncheon leaked out and was first broadcast on MSNBC. At the Spokane Club event, Nunes said Republicans need to keep control of the House in order to protect President Trump.
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