mislead congress. he was talking about prosecuting journalists, not investigating them. the house republicans say that the application for a search warrant against the fox news reporter, phone numbers and emails did say that he could be considered someone who aided and abetted the government employee or could be considered a co-conspirator. that s the concern that the house republicans have, that s why they ve asked the question, justice says, it s a simple matter. the attorney general said he didn t agree they should be prosecuted and the journalist wasn t. and finally, pete, what is the justice department hoping to prove by asking for these meetings with bureau chiefs? well remember the president brought this up in his speech last week. he said he was concerned about the issue of whether investigating reporters over leaks could chill the, their reporting function. he said he had asked the attorney general to get some media people to talk to him about this. the attorney general th
the pointing out of journalists, he might have said i will say this on tv. he sees the peril on prosecuting journalists. maybe it was not just groups who could speak out about the elections? could it be that there were other groups targeted who opposed administration policy priorities? israeli groups that supported the west bank settlers? made them do something like produce 23,000 patients to sign off on it. could it be because he supported
expires in september. it s unclear at this point exactly when the nomination will officially be announced. meanwhile, house republicans are demanding answers from attorney general eric holder about a comment he made two weeks ago under oath. g.o.p. lawmakers are giving holder one week to explain this testimony about prosecuting journalists as part of a leak investigation. with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, that is not something that i have ever been involved and heard of or would think would be a wise policy. the white house standing why the attorney general saying he never lied under oath. last week the justice department confirmed holder had discussions about a search warrant request that referred to fox news correspondent james rosen as a possible coconspirator with potential criminal liability. shannon bream live with the news in washington. shannon? well, harris, g.o.p. leaders of the house judiciary committee say they can t