Conservative editor Katie Frates said on Thursday that a move from House Republicans to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE would only hinder Republicans from moving their agenda forward.

"I don't think they should try to impeach him at all," Frates, who is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Walkthrough and managing editor of Olympic Media, told Hill.TV's Buck Sexton and Krystal Ball on "Rising." "I think that's a really bad idea. I'm not sure how that helps forward the agenda."

Frates was responding to recent comments from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes Devin Gerald NunesOvernight Defense: Stopgap spending measure awaits Senate vote | Trump nominates former Nunes aide for intelligence community watchdog | Trump extends ban on racial discrimination training to contractors, military Trump nominates former Nunes aide to serve as intel community inspector general Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election MORE (R-Calif.). She said that impeaching Rosenstein would only complicate the confirmation process for President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

"Getting a conservative on the Supreme Court for the next however many decades takes priority over an impeachment, and that's how it should be. So in that sense, I'm glad that they have their priorities straight," Frates said.

Tensions between House Republicans and Rosenstein have risen recently, with Republicans introducing articles of impeachment against the deputy attorney general last month.

The lawmakers have demanded that Rosenstein hand over Justice Department documents connected to special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's probe into Russia's election interference and the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE's private email server.

They also say that Rosenstein has a conflict of interest through overseeing Mueller's probe.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) has since backed off the threat of impeachment, but said he will look to hold Rosenstein in contempt if he does not hand over the documents.

— Julia Manchester