'Impossible line to draw': legal analyst says McCarthy can't separate himself from Trump

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is walking a tightrope in his attempt to embrace Donald Trump while remaining a distinct entity, and he's bound to fall, according to a former prosecutor.

Carol Lam, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California and current MSNBC legal analyst, appeared on the network where she was asked about reports that McCarthy had promised Trump that he would get his two impeachments "expunged" in the House.

Lam said that, when it comes to impeachments, "What Congress decides to do is the law."

"It's such a political process and it is by design a political process. It is not a legal process at all. So, can they choose to, quote, expunge an impeachment? Who knows? They probably can because there is nobody but Congress that makes the rules there."

She added that she thinks the expungement is "a bit of a bargaining chip that McCarthy tried to use."

"He is trying to walk this very delicate line between separating himself from Donald Trump and not separating himself from Donald Trump," Lam said.

She noted that this balancing act won't last forever.

"As we get closer to the election, it is going to be very obvious to everyone that that is an impossible line to draw," she concluded.

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