within those authorities. in the meantime, some liberal, political and legal analysts say democrats should refrain the discussion away from quid pro quo and towards extortion and they found some takers. listen. >> you have enough evidence for the depositions we have done to warrant bringing this forward. evidence of extortion scheme. >> the president acted criminally and extorted the way a mob boss would extort somebody. we already do have evidence of the presidents wrongdoing of the extortion. >> you can call this extortion, bribery, all the same thing. >> the quid pro quo is a nonissue but extortion, and actual crime is easier to sell to a skeptical public. but the ranking g.o.p. member of the house foreign affairs committee, lee zeldin said not so fast quoting "dems have a new forte of the day extortion. the quid pro quo fell apart on them same problem with new shiny