SANDRA SMITH.

THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY THEY

STILL NEED TO HEAR IN A NEW

COURT FILING.

THEY SAY HIS TESTIMONY COULD

PROVIDE MORE EVIDENCE

POTENTIALLY LEADING TO NEW

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, BUT THE

WHITE HOUSE IS CLAIMING

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.

>> MEANWHILE, BOTH SIDES ARE

SOUNDING OFF OVER RULES FOR A

SENATE TRIAL.

>> IF YOU THINK CHUCK SCHUMER'S

IMPARTIAL, DO YOU THINK

ELIZABETH WARREN IS IMPARTIAL,

BERNIE SANDERS IS IMPARTIAL?

LET'S GET THE CHARADE.

THIS IS A POLITICAL EXERCISE.

ALL I AM ASKING OF HUMOR IS THAT

WE TREAT TRUMP THE SAME WAY WE

TREATED CLINTON.

>> SENATOR McCONNELL HAS COME

UP WITH NO GOOD REASON WHY THE

TRIAL SHOULDN'T HAVE THESE

WITNESSES OR DOCUMENTS.

IS A LOT OF NAME CALLING, A LOT

OF PARTISANSHIP.

HE STILL HASN'T ANSWERED THE

QUESTION WHAT IS WRONG WITH

WITNESSES?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH DOCUMENTS?

ONE ARGUMENT, GIVE US ONE

ARGUMENT WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE

PART OF THE TRIAL.

>> Leland: ARE MADE IN

WASHINGTON THIS MORNING,

GOOD MORNING.

>> LAWYERS SAY THEY ARE NOT

RULING OUT IMPEACHING THE

PRESIDENT AGAIN BUT THAT THE

DECISION DEPENDS ON WHAT

LAWMAKERS WOULD LEARN FROM THE

FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL.

AT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS,

HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE DEMANDED

DON MCGANN TESTIFY, THE

WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN BLOCKING

THAT AND IT HAS BEEN MAKING ITS

WAY THROUGH THE COURTS AND IN A

NEW FILING MONDAY, LAWYERS

ARGUED THAT HIS TESTIMONY IS

VITAL TO CONGRESSIONAL

OVERSIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT THE LAWYERS WROTE.

"IF MCGANN'S TESTIMONY PRODUCED

NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE

CONCLUSION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP

COMMITTED IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES,

THE COMMITTEE WILL PROCEED

ACCORDINGLY.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE

JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER

SAID IMPEACHMENT WAS NOT A ONE

OFF AND NOT A PUNISHMENT FOR BAD

BEHAVIOR.

IS ALSO UNCLEAR WHAT ADDITIONAL

IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES CONGRESS

COULD CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.

MEANWHILE, THE STALEMATE OVER

LAST WEEK'S IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES

CONTINUOUS.

THE HOUSE HAS NOT YET SET

IMPEACHMENT TO THE SENATE.

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY CLOSELY SAYS

THAT'S BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE

UNSURE WHAT KIND OF TRIAL THE

SENATE WILL CONDUCT AND SENATE

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OUT

QUITE A BIT TRYING TO PRESSURE

THE MAJORITY OF LEADERS TO ALLOW

A NEW EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES

BEING INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE

TRIAL.

>> IMAGINE A TRIAL NOT HAVING

DOCUMENTS AND WITNESSES.

IT'S GOING TO SEEM TO MOST OF

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT IT IS A

SHAM TRIAL.

A SHOW TRIAL.

NOT TO GET AT THE FACTS.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WEIGHING

IN ON ALL OF THIS, HE WROTE

"EVERYTHING WE ARE SEEING FROM

SPEAKER PELOSI AND

SENATOR SCHUMER SUGGESTS THEY

ARE IN REAL DOUBT ABOUT THE

EVIDENCE THEY'VE BROUGHT FORTH,

SO FAR NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH.

THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT ON

TWITTER TWO HOURS AGO.

NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING ABOUT

HOW A TRIAL WILL GO BUT SINCE

OVER THE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES.

NEVER A DULL MOMENT AROUND HERE

EVEN AT THE HOLIDAYS.