IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House will not participate in future House Judiciary Committee hearings that are designed to outline evidence in support of President Donald Trump’s removal from office. In a one page letter sent to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), White House Counsel Pat Cipollone criticized the ongoing impeachment inquiry as ‘completely baseless’ and that it violates ‘basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness’…The White House does not plan to cooperate, according to a senior administration official who responded to a follow-up question. The decision is not a surprise. The White House didn’t participate in this week’s hearing in which four constitutional experts testified. No attorney was present to represent Trump’s interests, not even a staffer to sit in the audience.”
–Anita Kumar, “White House won’t take part in House Judiciary impeachment hearings,” Politico, December 6, 2019 6:28 pm