Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro Joaquin CastroHispanic Caucus members embark on 'virtual bus tour' with Biden campaign Hispanic caucus report takes stock of accomplishments with eye toward 2021 Democratic lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations of medical neglect at Georgia ICE facility MORE (D) said Friday that there is only “one thing” keeping President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE from being indicted following the release of court filings that shed light on his associates' contacts with Russian officials leading up to his presidential election.

“The only thing keeping Donald Trump from being indicted and being charged with a crime, beyond wealth and privilege, is that he occupies the office of the presidency, and that he's in the White House, and if he didn't it's very likely he'd be in court right now,” Castro told Ali Velshi during an appearance on MSNBC on Friday night.

Castro’s remarks came as the Texas Democrat, a member of the House Intelligence Committee that is probing Russian interference in 2016 presidential election, discussed court filings released earlier on Friday that detailed an attempt by a Russian to help Trump's campaign that was previously unknown.

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Federal prosecutors also recommended in a filing that Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen receive “substantial” prison time despite his cooperation agreement on multiple investigations.

The document stated that Cohen "acted in coordination with and at the direction of" the president in steering payments to keep Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal quiet about alleged affairs with Trump before the 2016 election.

Trump also appeared to be implicated in the prosecutors' filings in violating campaign finance laws in relation to the payments. The document does not specifically name Trump, but makes an apparent reference to Trump as "Individual-1.”

When asked during the segment whether he is in a position to consider discussing Trump's impeachment in Congress, Castro replied: “We have to be.”

“When the evidence becomes so clear that you very likely have a criminal sitting in the Oval Office, what is the Congress left to do at that point?” he continued.

Trump blasted 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 the morning after the release of the three long-awaited filings in an all-caps message on Twitter.

“AFTER TWO YEARS AND MILLIONS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS (and a cost of over $30,000,000), NO COLLUSION!” he tweeted.