House of Representatives conservatives have filed articles of impeachment in an effort to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
The measures were introduced on Wednesday evening by Representatives, Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan.
They accuse him of stonewalling their inquiries, which his department denies.
Impeachment would have to be approved by a majority in the House and backed by two-thirds of the US Senate to convict Mr Rosenstein, which makes the plan a long shot.
Within weeks of becoming deputy attorney general in April 2017, Mr Rosenstein found himself in controversy after a memo he wrote was cited as the reason for President Trump’s decision to fire FBI chief, James Comey, who was investigating Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 US elections.
The Department of Justice charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic officials during the 2016 vote.
Although Mr Rosenstein said, “there is no evidence they “altered the vote count or changed any election result”, the announcement came just before Mr Trump’s controversial summit with President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.”
In April, Mr Trump was reportedly itching to swing the axe on his deputy attorney general. Now, Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows could be helping to sharpen the president’s blade.
InvestigationPresident Trump’s campaign team has been accused of colluding with Russia to influence the outcome of the presidential election.
In 2016, US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia had used a state-authorised campaign of cyber attacks and fake news stories planted on social media in an attempt to turn the election against Hillary Clinton.
Thirty-two people have now been indicted, including four members of Mr Trump’s campaign team and 25 Russians.
Both Mr Trump and Russia have denied the allegations, with Mr Trump repeatedly describing the investigation as a “witch hunt”.
BBC/Olajumoke Adeleke
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