Rep. Mark Walker Bradley (Mark) Mark WalkerJoe Biden has long forgotten North Carolina: Today's visit is too late Mike Johnson to run for vice chairman of House GOP conference The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Woodward book revelations rock Washington MORE (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, on Thursday said he is opposed to a push from members of the House Freedom Caucus to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE.

Walker told reporters on Capitol Hill that he would vote against any effort to impeach Rosenstein in the House a day after two members of the House Freedom Caucus joined nine co-sponsors to announce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein.

“I think the real focus needs to be on the attorney general and Department of Justice as a whole. I just don’t know about this play here. I’m not a lawyer, I don’t mean to brag, but I yield to those who have the experience," Walker said.

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"When you have something this sensitive, I don’t want to turn it into something that is political," Walker continued. "Historically we have not done this before, so I want to make sure it’s the right play."

A reporter pressed the lawmaker on if he would vote “no” if the articles came to the floor.

“That’s correct” Walker responded.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsAnxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid Pelosi hopeful COVID-19 relief talks resume 'soon' The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November MORE (R-N.C.) joined Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanHouse panel pulls Powell into partisan battles over pandemic Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election House passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus MORE (R) in introducing the measure on Wednesday.

"For nine months we’ve warned them consequences were coming, and for nine months we’ve heard the same excuses backed up by the same unacceptable conduct," said Meadows of warning the Department of Justice. "Time is up and the consequences are here. It’s time to find a new Deputy Attorney General who is serious about accountability and transparency."

The articles of impeachment contain a series of allegations against Rosenstein including a charge that he did not recuse himself from the ongoing special counsel investigation in which the lawmakers claim Rosenstein could be called to testify as a witness.

Democrats roundly criticized the effort after the announcement, calling it an assault on the special counsel investigation and an attempt to aid the president.

"It is a panicked and dangerous attempt to undermine an ongoing criminal investigation in an effort to protect President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE as the walls are closing in around him and his associates," said the top Democrats on the House Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform and Intelligence committees, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Elijah Cummings Elijah Eugene CummingsBlack GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview Overnight Health Care: US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative | Federal panel lays out initial priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | NIH panel: 'Insufficient data' to show treatment touted by Trump works House Oversight Democrats to subpoena AbbVie in drug pricing probe MORE (D-Md.) and Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffSchiff claims DHS is blocking whistleblower's access to records before testimony GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power Rubio on peaceful transfer of power: 'We will have a legitimate & fair election' MORE (D-Calif.), respectively, in a joint statement.