"Speaking to reporters from the White House Monday morning, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway offered to testify as a witness in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry if House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff does the same." . . .
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"The White House replied on deadline and will not be sending any participants.
"Before leaving for the NATO Summit in in London Monday morning, President Trump called the impeachment inquiry a "hoax."
" 'The whole thing is a hoax. Everybody knows it. All you have to do is look at the words of the Ukrainian president that he just issued, and you know it's a hoax. It's an absolute disgrace what they're doing to our country," he said." . . .Jerry Nadler and company were not happy
. . . "As Cipollone explained, there are a few problems. In his letter to Nadler, the White House counsel rejected the Democrats’ argument that their impeachment inquiry is affording President Trump the same due process that President Clinton got during his impeachment proceedings. For instance, during that 1990s scandal, the Judiciary Committee allowed committee members two and a half weeks to prepare their questions. As Cipollone points out, the hearing was scheduled for only five days out from the day they received Nadler’s latest invitation.
“ 'Today, by contrast, you have afforded the president no scheduling input, no meaningful information, and so little time to prepare that you have effectively denied the Administration a fair opportunity to participate,” Cipollone notes." . . .
“ 'Today, by contrast, you have afforded the president no scheduling input, no meaningful information, and so little time to prepare that you have effectively denied the Administration a fair opportunity to participate,” Cipollone notes." . . .
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