Published 15:22 IST, November 27th 2019

Congressional Committee invites Trump to attend impeachment hearing

A key Congressional Committee in the House of Representatives has invited US President Donald Trump to attend or send his officials to participate in the impeachment hearings against him.

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A key Congressional Committee in House of Representatives has invited US President Donald Trump to attend or send his officials to participate in impeachment hearings against him. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday anunced to hold its first impeachment hearing against Trump next week.

Titled, Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J Trump: Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment is first in third phase of investigation, by Democratic Party-controlled House, into wher Trump abused his powers in pressing Ukrainian leers to find dirt on his political opponents.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nler said that impeachment proceedings against Trump is entering a new phase. That hearing will take place next Wednesday, December 4th at 10:00 am. "Our first task is to explore framework put in place to respond to serious allegations of impeachable misconduct like those against President Trump, Nler said.

Nler said that he has also written to Trump to remind him that Committee's impeachment inquiry rules allow for President to attend hearing and for his counsel to question witness panel. At base, President has a choice to make: he can take this opportunity to be represented in impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about process. I hope that he chooses to participate in inquiry, directly or through counsel, as or Presidents have done before him, Nler said.

Meanwhile in a series of tweets, Trump said that he would love to have his officials testify before Congressional committees on impeachment, but he blocks m as he wants to protect future presidents. DC Wolves and Fake News Media are reing far too much into people being forced by Courts to testify before Congress. I am fighting for future Presidents and Office of President, he said.

Or than that, I would actually like people to testify. Don McGahn's respected lawyer has alrey stated that I did thing wrong. John Bolton is a patriot and may kw that I held back money from Ukraine because it is considered a corrupt country, & I wanted to kw why nearby European countries weren't putting up money also, he tweeted.

Likewise, I would love to have Mike Pompeo, Rick Perry, Mick Mulvaney and many ors testify about phony Impeachment Hoax. It is a Democrat Scam that is going where but, future Presidents should in way be compromised. What has happened to me should never happen to ar President! Trump asserted.

impeachment hearing by House Judiciary Committee Chair Nler said it would mainly feature a panel of constitutional lawyers. Impeachment Inquiry will feature a panel of legal experts who Democrats say will apply constitutional law "to facts that have been found," he said.

15:20 IST, November 27th 2019