Headline RoundupDecember 7th, 2019

White House Announces It Will Not Participate In Impeachment Inquiry

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In a letter to House Judiciary Committee members on Friday, the White House announced that it will not participate in Democrats' ongoing impeachment proceedings, calling the inquiry "completely baseless" and in violation of "basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness." The 200-word statement, sent by White House counsel Pat Cipollone to House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, clarifies an earlier message that had left the door open to the administration sending counsel to represent President Donald Trump at future hearings. Some media outlets noted that the decision breaks with precedents established by earlier administrations involved in impeachment inquiries, including those of Nixon and Clinton.

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