Headline RoundupNovember 27th, 2019

House Sets First Public Impeachment Hearing for Dec. 4; President Trump Invited

Impeachment, House Judiciary Committee, Donald Trump, US Congress, Jerry Nadler, White House, Politics

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The House Judiciary Committee announced its first public impeachment hearing will be held on December 4 to "explore the framework put in place to respond to serious allegations of impeachable misconduct." President Donald Trump and his legal team were invited to attend in a letter written by committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY); Trump is not required to attend, and is reportedly scheduled to be overseas for a NATO meeting on that day. Many reporting outlets, especially on the left and center, framed Nadler's invitation to Trump as a direct response to Republican criticisms of a lack of due process in the impeachment proceedings.

Featured Coverage of this Story

From the Center

U.S. House Judiciary panel invites Trump to December 4 impeachment hearing

Reuters

See rating details

Reuters

News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday invited President Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing, scheduled for Dec. 4, starting a new phase of the inquiry that could lead to formal charges against the president within weeks.

Trump is not required to attend the hearing. But the move allows the president and his legal team access to congressional impeachment procedures that he and other Republicans have denounced as unfair, partly because the White House has not been able to call or cross-examine witnesses.

The...

Open on Reuters

From the Right

Trump invited to impeachment hearing next week

Washington Examiner

See rating details

News

The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first public impeachment hearing next week, and President Trump is invited to testify, panel Democrats announced Tuesday.

"At base, 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," Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York said. "I hope that he chooses to participate in the inquiry, directly or through counsel, as other presidents have done before him.”

The Democratic congressman sent a letter to Trump inviting...

Open on Washington Examiner

Possible Paywall

From the Left

House Judiciary Committee announces first impeachment hearing, invites Trump to attend

NBC News (Online)

See rating details

NBC News (Online)

News

The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday announced it will hold its first public impeachment hearing next week, and invited President Donald Trump and his lawyers "to participate."

"I am hopeful that you and your counsel will opt to participate in the Committee's hearing, consistent with the rules of decorum and with the solemn nature before us," Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said in a letter announcing the hearing.

Nadler said the hearing, which will focus on "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment," will take place on Dec. 4. Trump is scheduled to...

Open on NBC News (Online)

More headline roundups