FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for her weekly news conference where she discussed the status of the House impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it would refuse to take part in hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives set for next week that will consider what articles of impeachment to bring against President Donald Trump.
In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, White House counsel Pat Cipollone called the Democrats' impeachment inquiry "completely baseless" and said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had ordered Democrats to proceed with articles of impeachment "before your committee has heard a single shred of evidence."
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