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Article snippet: House Republicans are postponing a closed-door interview with Deputy Attorney General MORE planned for Wednesday. Reps. MORE. Republicans on Capitol Hill have been eager to interview the No. 2 official at the Justice Department ever since the bombshell report. The interview would have been Rosenstein’s first appearance on Capitol Hill since rumors swirled that he would be fired or resign following the Times report. Speculation mounted that Trump could move to fire Rosenstein, but that dissipated when the president said earlier this month that he had no such plans. Goodlatte and Gowdy's announcement comes after members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus criticized the format of the planned sit-down, which was limited to top Republicans and Democrats on the two panels — only four lawmakers. “Why are we continuing to do hearings in private where we don’t have press or the American people to be the arbiter of what is fair and right?” Freedom Caucus Chairman told Fox News on Sunday. "We will have a court reporter present who has a security clearance, and we will have transcripts of that interview. And then we will turn that over to the intelligence community to make sure that there are no things that cannot be released the public,” he added. The interview was originally scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. For months, Rosenstein has been the target of attacks from Trump and conservatives over his role overseeing special counsel MORE’s Russia inves... Link to the full article to read more