The impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is moving to the next phase as Democrats push to get a vote by Christmas. 9News
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today it's "very unfortunate" the Judiciary Committee is holding its hearing at the same time that Trump is representing the US at the NATO summit.
Democrats are focused on whether Trump abused his office by withholding military aid approved by Congress and a White House meeting as he pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to launch investigations into Trump's political rivals. Cipollone's letter applied only to the hearing on Wednesday, and he demanded more information from Democrats on how they intended to conduct further hearings before Trump would decide whether to participate in them.
"It's easy to hide behind a report," said Doug Collins of Georgia, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee.Schiff has said "there's nothing for me to testify about," that he isn't a "fact" witness and that Republicans are only trying to "mollify the president, and that's not a good reason to try to call a member of Congress as a witness.
"I do believe that all evidence certainly will be included in that report so the Judiciary Committee can make the necessary decisions that they need to," said Val Demings, a member of both the Intelligence and Judiciary committees. Still, Republican Tom McClintock, a Judiciary Committee member, said he believes Trump would benefit if he presents his own defence.
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