Democrats Extend Deadline for Trump to Request Impeachment Witnesses

Democrats Extend Deadline for Trump to Request Impeachment Witnesses
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) told President Donald Trump on Friday that he has until Dec. 6 to decide whether his lawyers will be part of the House impeachment proceedings.

“I am writing to determine if your counsel will ... participate in the upcoming impeachment proceedings. In particular, please provide the Committee notice of whether your counsel intends to participate, specifying which of the privileges your counsel seeks to exercise, no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 6, 2019,” Nadler wrote to Trump in a letter (pdf).
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