The White House is thinking about making the argument that President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act MORE wasn't impeached because Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act Sunday shows preview: Lawmakers prepare for SCOTUS confirmation hearings before election Will Democrats attempt to pack the Supreme Court again? MORE (D-Calif.) has not sent articles of impeachment to the Senate, according to multiple reports.

The House this week voted to approve articles of impeachment accusing Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but Pelosi has not said when she would deliver them to the upper chamber.

A person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg, which first reported the news, that the White House legal theory is that the Senate would already have jurisdiction if Trump had been impeached. Proponents would reportedly point to a part of the constitution that gives the Senate “the sole Power to try all Impeachments.”

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Sources told CBS News that the White House sees the delay as a "Christmas gift" and that they intend to argue that it shows Democrats do not believe in their impeachment case.

The White House may use this type of messaging, a senior White House official told CBS.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.

Harvard law professor and Democratic impeachment witness Noah Feldman has written in a Bloomberg column that the constitution doesn't say how soon the articles must be given to the Senate, but that "an indefinite delay would pose a serious problem.”

Pelosi and her fellow Democrats have expressed doubts that the Senate will conduct a fair trial, particularly after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said he is "not impartial about this at all."

He has also said that he will be in "total coordination" with the White House.

Republicans, including President Trump, have criticized Pelosi for not giving the articles to the Senate.

"The Do Nothing Party want to Do Nothing with the Articles & not deliver them to the Senate, but it’s Senate’s call!" the president recently tweeted.