>> I AM MOLLY LINE IN FOR
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.