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White House says it won't participate in impeachment hearing
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- The White House declared Sunday it would not participate in the first impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee as Democrats prepared to approve their report Tuesday making the case for President Donald Trump’s removal from office.
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- Stand of Democratic majority: The Democratic majority on the House Intelligence Committee says its report will speak for itself in laying out possible charges of bribery or “high crimes and mis-demeanours,” the constitutional standard for impeachment.
- Denial by White House: The White House was invited to attend the Wednesday hearing, but its counsel declined in a fiery letter released Sunday evening.
- Reason for denial: The White House counsel cited “Lack of fairness in the impeachment proceedings” as a reason for denying to take part in the proceedings.
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The Hindu