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Bit, what mueller is doing is really important. that report matters a lot but that report is not the whole ball game. by the way. when that report is transmitted to bill barr, bill barr has a tough call to make, which is what do i do with this thing? what do i do with all of the stuff in this report that's classified or protected by grand jury secrecy rules or that concern ongoing investigations. i would love to read the mueller report. i'd like to read it tonight. i'd read it this weekend if i had it. but i don't think we're going to have the full thing all that quickly. >> look, we don't hav...

Then it's the attorney general's turn. barr will notify the house and senate judiciary committees about mueller's conclusions. then he has some discretion about what to include. he can also determine if publicly releasing the report or parts of it is in the public interest. among the factors the attorney general will consider, grand jury secrecy rules, the desire to protect classified sources and methods and the reputations of people interviewed and perhaps investigated but not charged. how much do you get to know and see is a hot topic at his confirmation hearing. >> i also believe it is very...

Nixon resigned before the impeachment hearings started. the documents are being made public today after lawsuits were filed asking that they be unsealed and released from grand jury secrecy rules. the legal expecrts say they coud serve as a road map for robert mueller. at the time, the evidence against nixon was sent straight to the house judiciary committee. members used the information to draft articles of impeachment. >> the procedure now will be when robert mueller finishes his report, he has to give his report to the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein,

Release this document seemed to be making a public case that the unsealing of this document essentially establishes this precedent, so that mueller when he gets to the end of his investigation or gets to appropriate point, he will be able to cite this document that we can all see and we can all read as precedent in order to make the case for how he wants to release information. we're not used to seeing things in the news or seeing the unsealing of things in that way, but do you think it's a fair argument? >> i do think it's a fair argument. there's also an important legal precedent here. you s...

Almost 45 years after the watergate controversy, documents have been made public by our national archives, including a would-be indictment against richard nixon. and the grand jury was prepared to indict nixon on four criminal counts. instead, they ultimately wrote a final report that was sent to the house judiciary committee. nixon resigned before the impeachment hearings started. the documents are being made public today after lawsuits were filed asking that they be unsealed and released from grand jury secrecy rules. the legal experts say they could serve as a road map for robert mueller. a...