articles of impeachment to the senate. look, we re at an impasse. we can t do anything until the speaker sends the papers over, so everybody enjoy the holidays. i think what she s trying to do is make sure that it s a fair trial. senator mcconnell immediately said that he had already made up his mind, not hearing the facts. that s not a fair trial. reporter: keep trump ally lindsey graham urging republicans to, quote, take matters into our own hands. we are in charge of the senate, not pelosi or schumer. one democrat scoffing at graham s suggestion the senate will act. they can t do anything about impeachment until it s sent over. they re already holding 275 bills on the desk. i don t know what more they could do to kill legislation. reporter: while senate democrats fight for witnesses, the house is also battling for don mcgahn to testify before the judiciary committee. the house s counsel leaving open the possibility of impeaching president trump again. if new evidence emerg
president. they would rather not deal with him. and of course democrats don t think they can get any usable information from him and yet they want to put him out there the way they want to put others out there who they feel are one man confession organizations. if you want to understand what happened in the ukraine scandal follow the money. president trump had his own agenda of what he wanted ukraine to do and rudy giuliani had his agenda. as we know from some of the court feelings with igor fruman and lev parnas, they were on the take. they were being bankrolled by a ukrainian oligarch who wanted the prosecutors who were trying to crack down on corruption out of the way, including marie yovanovitch, the ambassador, because they needed to do whatever money laundering and investing in u.s. political races that they wanted. and rudy giuliani was going to be paid $500,000 by lev parnas. maybe he was paid that, but that was the deal. and so here s what giuliani says
the conclusion that president trump committed impeachable offenses that are not covered by the articles approved by the house, the committee will proceed accordingly, including if necessary by considering whether to recommend new articles of impeachment. well, i don t know if that would go over very well with the american public, but that s the attorneys. that s not you don t hear the actual congress people saying that. so legally, that s not a crazy argument because doug luder who used to be at the justice department and is now working for pelosi he has to make the argument that this case is not moot. he wants to just keep it alive right now. politically that s going to be a hard case considering that democrats were not willing to impeach the president over the russia investigation. the mcgahn testimony is about what happened with all of the obstruction of justice and all of his interactions with the president and all of that whole debate, and if they weren t willing to do it then
president, why do you seem so eager to avoid the truth. reporter: senator minority leader chuck schumer intensifying his push for witnesses and documents sending a letter to all senators saying he needs further information on the president s effort to push ukraine in announcing investigations, the blocking of the white house meeting between president trump and the ukrainian president a. schumer also saying democrats will press for a full senate vote on each document and witness they request. our request for documents is not a new demand nor would it create a time consuming document production effort. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he won t rule out witnesses but has no plan to discuss the possibility until the new year. it s a difficult negotiation among the four principles in congress and the president, everybody with their priorities. mcconnell adding that talks can only start after house speaker nancy pelosi submits two
i wish i could see a little bit more of his coordinates and where he is exactly. so who s been naughty and who s been nice this year? well, in washington, it depends on where you sit. as you know there s a stalemate in washington over impeachment and the senate trial. democratic leader chuck schumer is demanding documents and witnesses he says are necessary to carry out a fair trial while majority leader mitch mcconnell says they re at an impasse until speaker nancy pelosi sends impeachment articles to the senate. meanwhile, the top lawyer in the house is raising the prospect of impeaching president trump again if new evidence emerges that the president tried to obstruct justice. also new this morning, president trump s personal attorney rudy giuliani is unloading in a sprawling new interview after his trip to ukraine. giuliani claims without proof that the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was controlled by billionaire democratic donor george soros. giuliani says he s quote, mor