joining us now is sahil gapour. republicans have been radio silent about this. where do you expect this to head next? >> reporter: we don't know the answer to that. is congressman kinzinger a canary in the coal mine? he's been more willing to buck his party and to specifically criticize the trump wing of his party. he was the first house republican to come out in favor of impeaching the former president. at the end of the day there were only ten house republicans in total who voted in favor of impeachment. he ended up being a minority there. we don't know where republican leadership is going to come down. kevin mccarthy has said the allegations are serious. he intends to sit down and talk to him. he said a similar thing about marjorie taylor greene when there was criticism of her and let her go. the power within the republican party is still with that wing, the marjorie taylor greene wing, the matt gaetz wing, the trump wing. >> we've got now with us nbc news investigative reporter tom winter. this was borne out of a probe into a florida tax collector named joel