House GOP Snubs Pelosi, Won’t Call Witnesses: Impeachment Update

(Bloomberg) — Leaders of six House committees have been directed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.The House Judiciary panel will hold a hearing Monday to hear presentations on the evidence by the chief counsels for both parties on the Intelligence and Judiciary committees.Here are the latest developments:House GOP Won’t Offer Defense Witnesses (12:42 p.m.)The House Judiciary Committee’s top Republican indicated Friday he isn’t taking seriously the Democratic chairman’s invitation to offer potential defense witnesses as part of the impeachment proceedings against Trump.Republican Doug Collins of Georgia said his team will send a response letter to Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler later Friday. But he said Pelosi has already shown that the proceedings are a done deal.“She ended the suspense yesterday morning when she said we’re writing articles,” Collins said.The Judiciary panel is also waiting to hear from Trump on whether his representatives will seek to call or cross-examine any witnesses, or submit evidence to the committee.Catch Up on Impeachment CoverageKey EventsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi directed the heads of six House committees to begin drafting articles of impeachment, saying that Congress must hold Trump accountable for his “profound violation” of the public trust.The House Intelligence Committee Democrats’ impeachment report is here.Gordon Sondland’s transcript is here and here; Kurt Volker’s transcript is here and here. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch’s transcript is here and here; the transcript of Michael McKinley, former senior adviser to the secretary of State, is here. The transcript of Holmes, a Foreign Service officer in Kyiv, is here.The transcript of William Taylor, the top U.S. envoy to Ukraine, is here and here. State Department official George Kent’s testimony is here and here. Testimony by Alexander Vindman can be found here, and the Hill transcript is here. Laura Cooper’s transcript is here; Christopher Anderson’s is here and Catherine Croft’s is here. Jennifer Williams’ transcript is here and Timothy Morrison’s is here. Philip Reeker transcript is here. Mark Sandy’s is here.To contact the reporter on this story: Billy House in Washington at [email protected] contact the editors responsible for this story: Joe Sobczyk at [email protected], Laurie AsséoFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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