Rosenstein has finally agreed to do an “interview” behind closed doors with both Chairman Goodlatte and Chairman Gowdy.
They will also be accompanied by their respective ranking members.
And a court reporter.
But not Mark Meadows or Jim Jordan – or anyone else for that matter:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) announced Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will appear on October 24, 2018, for a transcribed interview conducted by Chairmen Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy and Ranking Members Jerry Nadler and Elijah Cummings.
A court reporter will be present to record all questions asked and answers provided. The interview will be under oath. The transcript will then be reviewed by the Intelligence Community to avoid the public dissemination of classified or otherwise protected information. Once cleared, the transcript will be publicly available.
The interview will be conducted in a secure setting so all relevant questions can be asked and answered without regard to classification. Present for the interview will be the two chairmen, the two ranking members, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and a court reporter.
This isn’t your typical House joint committee interview so I’m not sure how this is going to go over with other members of the judiciary and oversight committees or with Congress at large.
I do expect we’ll be hearing from Meadows and Jordan on this pretty soon.