WASHINGTON—The White House declined to participate in House impeachment hearings next week, sending a letter to the Judiciary Committee on Friday criticizing the process as baseless and unfair. The two-paragraph letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.), signed by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, doesn’t explicitly say the West Wing won’t participate but the tone was clear.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 06, 2019 21:32 UTC