rosenstein, chris ray from the fbi, certainly the national security attorneys at the white house giving the president's recommendation on it. >> joining us now the chief council of the senate judiciary committee, and also a law professor at the university of michigan and nbc news and msnbc news contributor. ron, very surprising to hear that apparently it's all up to rod rosenstein and christopher ray on whether they release the democratic memo. >> yeah, you know, i mean it's just kind of hard to understand why different rules are being applied this time. but i will say this, i mean, look, they should give it a hard look. and they should be careful to make sure that it's released properly. a big difference here is this memo probably has actual facts in it and true information in it.