WASHINGTON, Dec 2, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – US President Donald Trump’s attorney
said on Sunday that the White House will not participate in congressional
hearings set to begin this week that will consider passing impeachment
articles against the president.
“We cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the
witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear whether the
Judiciary Committee will afford the President a fair process through
additional hearings,” White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote in a letter to
the Democratic chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the House of
Representatives, Jerry Nadler.
The second round of impeachment hearings will begin Wednesday.
“Accordingly, under the current circumstances, we do not intend to
participate in your Wednesday hearing,” Cipollone wrote.