case now, serious federal case, over being refused access to video of a republican candidate being stopped for driving under the influence. he's suing, because the department of public safety did release dash cam video of a democrat running for office. randy jillenhaul of nbc's burlington afill kwlat details. >> reporter: when democrat peter was pulled over for speeding, the dash cam video hit the airwaves with a week seemingly no problems releasing it to the public. but what about republican tom? >> guilty. >> pulled oesh and arrested last year. >> i understand that i made a mistake. >> now running for re-election at state auditor. when several news organizations including our partners at seven days and a burlington lawyer tried to get salmons dash cam video released the answer was, no, rejected. >> a picture's worth 1,000 is words. >> reporter: now a lawsuit is being filed saying it's a double