Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) presides over a mark-up hearing where members may vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not providing an unredacted copy of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's report. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Nadler Invites Trump to Either Participate in Impeachment Hearing Next Week or 'Stop Complaining'
"The President has a choice to make: he can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process."
The Democratic chair of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued a direct challenge to President Donald Trump: put up or shut up.
In a letter (pdf) addressed to Trump, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) told the president that he and his legal team are welcome to participate in public impeachment hearings in the Judiciary Committee--which will begin on Wednesday, December 4. Nadler informed Trump that the preident has until 6pm Sunday December 1 to decide whether or not to take part in the hearings.
"The President has a choice to make," Nadler said in a statement, "he can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process."
\u201cNEW: Unveiling a "new phase" of the impeachment inquiry, Chairman Nadler sends Trump a letter informing him of a hearing \u2018Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment\u2019 scheduled for Dec. 4. \n\nTrump must reply by Sunday, 6 pm. @CourthouseNews \n\nDoc: https://t.co/aAlcMhxb6A\u201d— Adam Klasfeld (@Adam Klasfeld) 1574797783
Nadler added that Trump wouldn't be the first president to participate in such an inquiry.
"I hope that he chooses to participate in the inquiry, directly or through counsel, as other Presidents have done before him," said Nadler.
As of press time, Trump had not responded to Nadler.
In other impeachment news, The Washington Post reported Tuesday that former Hillary Clinton advisor Mark Penn is consulting with Trump on impeachment. Penn told the Post that he only stopped over at the White House for an informal visit.
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The Democratic chair of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued a direct challenge to President Donald Trump: put up or shut up.
In a letter (pdf) addressed to Trump, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) told the president that he and his legal team are welcome to participate in public impeachment hearings in the Judiciary Committee--which will begin on Wednesday, December 4. Nadler informed Trump that the preident has until 6pm Sunday December 1 to decide whether or not to take part in the hearings.
"The President has a choice to make," Nadler said in a statement, "he can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process."
\u201cNEW: Unveiling a "new phase" of the impeachment inquiry, Chairman Nadler sends Trump a letter informing him of a hearing \u2018Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment\u2019 scheduled for Dec. 4. \n\nTrump must reply by Sunday, 6 pm. @CourthouseNews \n\nDoc: https://t.co/aAlcMhxb6A\u201d— Adam Klasfeld (@Adam Klasfeld) 1574797783
Nadler added that Trump wouldn't be the first president to participate in such an inquiry.
"I hope that he chooses to participate in the inquiry, directly or through counsel, as other Presidents have done before him," said Nadler.
As of press time, Trump had not responded to Nadler.
In other impeachment news, The Washington Post reported Tuesday that former Hillary Clinton advisor Mark Penn is consulting with Trump on impeachment. Penn told the Post that he only stopped over at the White House for an informal visit.
The Democratic chair of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued a direct challenge to President Donald Trump: put up or shut up.
In a letter (pdf) addressed to Trump, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) told the president that he and his legal team are welcome to participate in public impeachment hearings in the Judiciary Committee--which will begin on Wednesday, December 4. Nadler informed Trump that the preident has until 6pm Sunday December 1 to decide whether or not to take part in the hearings.
"The President has a choice to make," Nadler said in a statement, "he can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process."
\u201cNEW: Unveiling a "new phase" of the impeachment inquiry, Chairman Nadler sends Trump a letter informing him of a hearing \u2018Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment\u2019 scheduled for Dec. 4. \n\nTrump must reply by Sunday, 6 pm. @CourthouseNews \n\nDoc: https://t.co/aAlcMhxb6A\u201d— Adam Klasfeld (@Adam Klasfeld) 1574797783
Nadler added that Trump wouldn't be the first president to participate in such an inquiry.
"I hope that he chooses to participate in the inquiry, directly or through counsel, as other Presidents have done before him," said Nadler.
As of press time, Trump had not responded to Nadler.
In other impeachment news, The Washington Post reported Tuesday that former Hillary Clinton advisor Mark Penn is consulting with Trump on impeachment. Penn told the Post that he only stopped over at the White House for an informal visit.