Democratic strategist Juanita Tolliver on Wednesday said that the path was clear for impeachment proceedings to take place against 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 after two of his former confidants were found guilty or pleaded guilty in federal criminal probes.

"I think the path is clear," Tolliver, who is the campaigns director at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, told Hill.TV's Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton on "Rising," when asked if it was more likely that Democrats move forward on impeachment after the developments with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE and former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen.

"Honestly, I don't think it's going to fall to Democratic challengers once they take House, but it's really on congressional Republicans right now, who are in those seats who have the opportunity right now to hold the president accountable, and really name and pin down this culture of corruption that he's perpetuating," she continued.

Congressional Democrats have been quick to comment on the developments surrounding Manafort and Cohen.

Rep. Jerry Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerDemocrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Schumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence MORE (D-N.Y.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, said the president could be “part of a federal crime.”

“If, as Michael Cohen testified in his guilty plea, his felonies were committed at the direction of @realDonaldTrump, then the POTUS would be part of a federal crime - the only thing limiting DOJ from prosecuting being an OLC ruling saying a sitting president cannot be indicted," Nadler tweeted on Tuesday.

If, as Michael Cohen testified in his guilty plea, his felonies were committed at the direction of @realDonaldTrump, then the POTUS would be part of a federal crime - the only thing limiting DOJ from prosecuting being an OLC ruling saying a sitting president cannot be indicted. https://t.co/YLjfPXKtqP — (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) August 21, 2018

Nadler will likely become the committee's chairman if Democrats take back the House in November, which could mean the committee would begin impeachment proceedings.

However, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit MORE (D-Calif.) said on Wednesday that impeachment was not a priority for Democrats after Cohen's guilty plea.

"Impeachment has to spring from something else," Pelosi told the Associated Press. "If and when the information emerges about that, we’ll see."

"It’s not a priority on the agenda going forward unless something else comes forward," she said.

— Julia Manchester