White House won't participate in any House impeachment proceedings, a senior administration official says.
In a letter last week, Nadler asked the president to notify the committee by Friday at 5 p.m. whether his lawyers would participate in any of their proceedings and whether they plan to present a defense. The Judiciary Committee announced a hearing on Monday in which lawyers for the Democrats and Republicans from the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committee's will present findings from the investigations.
However, the White House is preparing an aggressive defense of the president for a Senate trial if and when the House sends over articles of impeachment. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler sits during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 4, 2019."The underlying impeachment rules of the Senate afford the president a full suite of rights to argue his case on the facts and on the merits," Eric Ueland, legislative affairs director for the White House, told reporters.
"Sadly, but with confidence and humility ... today I am asking our chairmen to proceed with articles of impeachment," she said."The facts are uncontested. The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our national security by withholding military aid and a crucial Oval Office meeting in exchange for an announcement of an investigation into his political rival.
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