During the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Republican Trey Gowdy spoke out on behalf of most of America…demanding that Mueller wraps up his investigation, or as Gowdy said, “finish it the hell up”. Gowdy warned, that the investigation, which has to date, proved no wrongdoing by President Trump and has provided no evidence of campaign collusion with Russians in the 2016 election, is literally tearing our nation apart.

Amen! Preach it, brother Gowdy…

Fox News reports – Gowdy’s excoriation marked a stunning moment at the already-tense House Judiciary Committee hearing, amid a months-long battle between congressional Republicans and the Department of Justice over its handling of both the Russia probe and Hillary Clinton email investigation.

At the hearing, Gowdy spoke to frustration over the protracted Russia investigation that Rosenstein oversees, suggesting that despite a host of charges against Trump-tied figures, the investigation has not found evidence of presidential wrongdoing.

“Whatever you got, finish it the hell up, because this country is being torn apart,” he said.

WATCH:

Here’s the entire exchange between Trey Gowdy and Rod Rosenstein. It is worth watching all the way through:

Rosenstein, meanwhile, was grilled repeatedly Thursday by House Republicans over everything from his department’s role in Trump campaign surveillance to the damning watchdog report on FBI conduct during the Clinton email probe.

Republicans have cited the recent DOJ inspector general’s report which criticized the handling of the Clinton probe and revealed anti-Trump texts from FBI agent Peter Strzok and others. Republicans have also been hounding the DOJ to produce documents related to the Russia investigation — requests they say have been stonewalled by the agency.

The top DOJ official, who oversees the special counsel’s Russia probe, sought to defuse tensions – vowing to hold wrongdoers accountable in the wake of the inspector general report and defending the response to congressional requests for documents related to the Russia investigation.

“As with most things in Washington, the real work is not done on television and it is not all done by me,” Rosenstein said. “Trump administration officials are meeting and talking to your staffs every day to accommodate requests and produce relevant information to this committee, other committees and several Senate committees.”

Yet as the hearing was ongoing, the House of Representatives was debating a non-binding resolution insisting the Justice Department comply with House committee subpoenas for documents.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, cited that looming vote as he personally challenged Rosenstein over his compliance.

“Why are you keeping information from Congress?” Jordan asked.

“It is not accurate, sir,” Rosenstein said.

“We have caught you hiding information,” Jordan countered.

Rosenstein insisted his team was responding to their requests.

Rosenstein also said “we’re not withholding anything,” in response to questions by committee member Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., over the latest texts between FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page. The bombshell text in the IG report showed Strzok vowing to “stop” the election of President Trump.

Rosenstein also denied allegations from Jordan that he had Strzok avoid answering certain questions during a closed-door appearance before the committee a day earlier.

Further, he said he could not discuss classified information in an open setting when asked what the DOJ and FBI did to surveil the Trump campaign, including the reported work of an informant apparently in contact with members of that campaign in 2016.

Rosenstein further rebuffed GOP suggestions that he recuse himself from the Russia probe, repeatedly denied allegations first reported by Fox News that he once threatened to subpoena GOP committee members and declined to comment about his role in approving a surveillance application for a Trump adviser. Rosenstein would not say whether he read the application, but stressed he’s “confident” about his conduct and sees it as “highly, highly unlikely” that the inspector general would find wrongdoing on his part as part of an ongoing review.

Rosenstein, meanwhile, discussed the DOJ inspector general findings on the Clinton email case, saying “today is not a happy occasion.”

Rosenstein said it showed some FBI officials “deviated from important principles.”

“Everyone knew about some of those departures as they occurred. We learned about others through the internal investigation, such as leaking to the news media, and political bias,” Rosenstein said. “We need to correct errors, hold wrongdoers accountable, and deter future violations.”

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