appearance on fox news arguing that they are not going to send over those articles of impeachment until she sees exactly how a senate trial is going to be conducted. kate? >> lauren, thank you so much for being there. one of the only people probably on the hill right now. thank you so much. interesting, at the same time, there's an interesting court man over that happened while you were sleeping. overnight the trump administration argued to a federal court to stay out of the ongoing fight between the house and former white house counsel don mcghan. the justice department arguing that the white house vote on impeachment means a quick resolution to mcghan's case is no longer necessary. and remember, this is one of the i would say potentially most significant court cases impacted by impeachment. joining me now, cnn senior justice correspondent, evan perez, with much more on this. what is mcghan's team -- what's the justice department really asking here? >> they're asking the court to stay out of this. they say that at this point because the house has already voted to impeach the president and the senate is waiting to make a decision on whether or