It might be safe to say that NBC political director Chuck Todd was invested in or, at least, very eager to have Democrats start actively chasing down President Trump via impeachment. After seemly trying to goad Congressional Democrats into starting an impeachment case earlier on Sunday, Todd grilled Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) during Meet the Press on why he and party leadership had not done more to get rid of Trump.

Before getting to the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Todd gave viewers a crash course in what the Special Counsel investigation found. And in true Chuck Todd-fashion, he put his own spin on the findings. “It describes a campaign eager to accept the help of a hostile foreign power, Russia, and a President who later worked furiously to obstruct the investigation.” If that was true, then why were charges not filed against the President, or at least a recommendation for them to be filed?

“You have all of this case of obstruction presented in the Mueller report as you've just stated. Some might ask, why haven't you start—why haven’t you opened an impeachment inquiry? Or, in fairness, is that what you’re doing,” he pressed Nadler almost a half-hour later.

Todd wasn’t happy with Nadler’s explanation that Democrats were taking their time to make sure they had a case, to begin with. Talking over his guess (almost yelling), Todd grilled Nadler on the politics of chasing impeachment (Click “expand”):

TODD [Talking over Nadler]: Does the politics impact this, though? How much does the politics matter in this? NADLER: And to go where the evidence leads us, I'm sorry? TODD: How much does the politics impact this? As you know, impeachment gets politicized. So, you have a legal case that you believe this happens and you should do it but the politics dictates something else, how much is that going to influence this decision? NADLER: I don't know. That will come down the road when we see what we have. TODD: Is it in Nancy Pelosi's hands? NADLER: Among others. She's not the only person. She's certainly the leader of the Democratic caucus, she’s the speaker of the House, it’s partly her and partly a lot of other people.

“Do you think this is impeachable,” Todd shot back sounding a bit annoyed. Nadler affirmed that he did think it was impeachable “if” Democrats could prove it. “And you’re going to go about to see if you can prove it,” Todd pushed. The Congressman said they were going to go where the facts took them.

Before going to a commercial break after the interview, Todd promoted the liberal media’s laughable claim that the Special Counsel’s report validated “most” of their reporting:

One item worth noting before we go to break, the Mueller report validates most -- not all but most of the reporting done by major news organizations throughout this investigation. Many, many of the stories we were told that were fake news show up as reported in the Mueller report and confirmed by first-hand accounts.

“It's something worth considering the next time you hear someone using the phrase “fake news” so loosely,” he chided.

The transcript is below, click "expand" to read: