[Magnatron]

...there's at least one legitimate reason to keep this information out of the public eye: if it's the subject of a case before a grand jury.

Fair enough. But if true, Rosenstein and Sessions needs to come clean and tell them that. Both really need to be called before Congress and give a report on any investigations and their progress. Mueller, too.

This vacuum is causing great harm to our country.

[gibsonguy]

The last straw for Rosenweasel was reached many months ago yet there he sits, smug and defiant.

[Alberta's Child]

There is a huge legal risk there. I’ll post more detail later.

[Alberta's Child]

From the prosecutor's side, a grand jury proceeding is supposed to be conducted in secret.

Sessions gave a big hint to Congress about what's going on a while back when he revealed that U.S. Attorney Huber (Utah) is overseeing a team of DOJ officials looking into these matters, but if he comes right out and says A, B and C are all the subject of a criminal investigation then he runs the risk of jeopardizing any cases that are later prosecuted.

I'm not sitting here and claiming the DOJ leadership is a group of honest and upstanding people (I don't know for sure what the case is, either way). I'm simply pointing out that the approach they've taken may very well be the most prudent and reasonable one, depending on the circumstances.