introduced tonight? this has been, as you noted, long in the making, these pro trump republicans in particular have made rosenstein the symbol for all of their frustrations with the justice department and the mueller investigation. why tonight? it s not entirely clear. the house is about to leave on a five week rees, by dropping this tonight it insures this is part of the conversation going forward at sort of a critical moment in some of these investigations. there s been a lot of new headlines in the mueller investigation lately. this will now be part of that discussion over the next few weeks. that makes it sound like the strategy is sort of a political messaging strategy rather than a legislative strategy. to that end, do we have any indication from leadership in the house whether or not this might conceivably come up? they re not bringing this up an
it s not clear tonight whether or if republican leadership might take this thing up, but the president s conservative allies in congress are officially now making their run at it. what happens next here? joining us now is kyle chaney, a congressional reporter politico.com joining us now. thanks for being here. appreciate it. thanks for having me. we had heard that these articles of impeachment were around. deputy attorn rosenstein had made comments where he teased the republicans for leaking their own draft of these articles of impeachment. we ve known they were circulating for a while. do we have any understanding why they may have been actually been introduced tonight? this has been long in the making. these pro-trump republicans in particular have made rosenstein the symbol for all of their frustrations with the justice department and with the mueller investigation.
kudlow is back home two days after what is called a very mild heart attack. according to the white house, doctors say kudlow s recovery is going very well and the president looks forward to seeing him back at work soon. some house republicans are now accusing the deputy attorney general rodenstein of intimidation. this comes after fox news reported that he threatened to subpoena records from the house intelligence committee. a justice department official says rosenstein never threatened anyone. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington d.c. cat? the e-mails documented the january meeting nor the house office of geral con counl. the meeting including rod rosenstein, christopher wray, senior advisers and devin nunes and his senior staff. theccounts made rosenstein threaten to turn the tables on