President Donald Trump on Monday said he would “strongly consider” giving written or in-person testimony in the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry while arguing he has done nothing wrong.
He appeared to be reacting to Democratic House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi‘s challenging suggestion that the president could “come right before the committee and talk … or he could do it in writing.”
“Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it,” Trump wrote in a Twitter post.
….that I testify about the phony Impeachment Witch Hunt. She also said I could do it in writing. Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2019
So far, Democrats leading the ongoing impeachment process in the House have not called Trump as a witness. Democrats says Trump used foreign policy as a tool to get Ukraine to investigate his domestic political opponent Joe Biden’s son.
The White House has directed officials not to comply with the impeachment inquiry, and it’s unclear whether Trump would follow through on testifying himself, particularly under oath.
The House Intelligence Committee last week held its first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, which are focused on allegations that Trump abused his office by pressuring Ukraine to investigate his domestic political rivals, specifically Biden, a top 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and Biden’s son Hunter.
