is a legalistic thing, but it's not strictly legal, because we're talking about congress acting in its capacity under the constitution to do what amounts to the indictment of a president when they decide to impeach, if they ever do. and this is something speaker pelosi has obviously, as i have mentioned, she is the key decision maker on that piece of it. for context, this is how she sounded before this week, before things hit the majority caucus, as we're calling it. take a look. >> reporte >> if a majority of a caucus wants to go forward wan impeachment inquiry, would you go for it? >> it's not even close in our caucus. >> but eventually -- >> you know what, why are we speculating on hypotheticals? >> duncan, hypothetical season is over. she does have this whether it's wind at her back or pressure coming at her depending on how you put it, how does that affect, in your view, the balancing of whatever evidence democrats have if they want to go forward? >> well, look, in addition to the political aspects of it, there are some legal aspects of