WASHINGTON First, House Democratic leadership told members to wait for special counsel Robert Mueller s report before calling for impeachment. Now that a redacted version of his report is out, leaders are suggesting more waiting.

At least that was the takeaway from some members Monday night after a caucus-wide conference call to discuss the Mueller report the first opportunity Democrats have had to discuss the report on the Russia investigation among the whole caucus privately.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told members that the leadership has no plans to move forward with impeaching President Donald Trump right now but added that Democrats would keep investigating and could always change course if they find something truly objectionable.

Though that tactic would likely mean Democrats never formally move forward on impeachment, Pelosi was eager to push back against some Democrats who seemed to argue that the caucus should just drop the issue.

Pelosi directly countered a speech from Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), after he argued that Democrats should be looking at polling and the political effect of any decision to move forward on impeachment. Pelosi said Democrats werent taking impeachment off the table and would be accelerating their investigations.

Still, Democrats are unlikely to uncover anything more objectionable than what Mueller has already laid out. And with the 2020 campaign already underway, there will be considerable political pressure for Democrats to pass on impeachment, particularly as elections get closer and moderate Democrats worry about a potential backlash to such an effort.

But in threading the needle of her caucus, Pelosi was adamant that Democrats arent ruling out impeachment and are moving forward with aggressive oversight just not articles of impeachment. She said they would investigate Trump just as fast without drafting articles.

We dont have to go to articles of impeachment to obtain the facts, the presentation of facts, Pelosi said, according to a readout of the call.

She added that if impeachment was the place the facts take us, thats the place we have to go. But she was also careful to note that Democrats arent moving forward with impeachment at the moment.

While Pelosis middle-of-the-road approach seemed to please many members, it did draw some questions.