The Legal Committee of the US House of Representatives has invited President Donald Trump to its first hearing in the impeachment process. The hearing is scheduled for 4 December, the committee announced. Trump is not obliged to attend the appointment
.At the hearing, unspecified legal experts would testify. „The President now has the choice: either he can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the investigations,“ Jarrold Nadler, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said in a statement Statement. „I hope he decides to participate.“
The House of Representatives‘ Intelligence Committee, which has directed the investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine over weeks of testimony and hearings, is expected to publish the evidence in a formal report shortly before the hearing. The report provides the basis for the Judiciary to investigate formal charges.
