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Precedent for that? >> not busted in a big way. rosenstein mentioned one case was not exactly the same, but in that speech today where congressman carl vinson of georgia was asking robert jackson, who is a hero, who was attorney general, as you were mentioning earlier, for fbi information on a labor dispute with the navy, and that is when jackson said no, this would damage national security, would compromise our investigation, and vinson laid off. and that's why congress usually does not do things like that. so when we see members of congress, i agree with you, very possibly trying to abuse th...

To be familiar with rosenstein's thinking and that of senior officials at the fbi who say they have come to suspect that some lawmakers are using their position as members of congress to try to get law enforcement-sensitive materials about the mueller investigation so they can hand them over to the white house, basically to tip the white house off about their -- the president's liability in this investigation. saying that they suspect members of congress are doing that. has any member of congress ever tried to do that or been busted for doing something like that? is there any historical preced...

This guy robert jackson. attorney general from fdr. so he actually put it up so it's over his own shoulder when he's sitting at the head of the table at that conference table. so other people are meeting with him looking down the table to where rod rosenstein sits, they will see robert jackson looming over rod rosenstein's right shoulder, watching over what rod rosenstein does. he put that portrait up there himself. that's his guy. pride of place for rosenstein. this guy robert jackson was solicitor general under fdr which means he argued supreme court cases for fdr when he was president. he's...

The department's long-standing practice of keeping information confidential has often been the source of disagreement with individual congressmen and sometimes with committees. in 1941 congressman carl vinson wrote a letter to attorney general robert jackson. he requested fbi and department of justice reports made in connection with an investigation of labor disputes involving navy contracts. there was no doubt that vinson's committee had a proper role to play in overseeing such issues, which is why he wanted the documents. but attorney general jackson flatly refused the request. he did not co...

Nobody gets access. not congress. not the president. not the press. nobody. ongoing law enforcement-sensitive materials are kept within the prosecutor's purview. only. during ongoing investigations. you don't even need to go to law school to have that imbued in you as a rule of law american value, right? as soon as monday of next week republicans in the house of representatives may be mounting an effort to impeach rod rosenstein because he will not hand over to them internal documents from the mueller investigation. which they presumably want to use to tip off the white house about what the mu...