Trump to join NATO leaders during impeachment hearing

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Last Updated : Dec 04 2019 | 12:55 PM IST

President Donald Trump will huddle with NATO leaders as House Democrats resume their impeachment inquiry probing whether he abused his presidential authority by urging a foreign leader to open an investigation of his political rival.

Trump is set to meet Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the sidelines of the NATO leaders' meeting.

More significantly, Trump will face one of the most critical split-screen moments of his presidency near the end of the NATO conference, when he addresses the news media soon after Rep.

Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., gavels to order the House Judiciary Committee's first hearing in the impeachment inquiry.

The hearing will be on the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment.

The impeachment is going nowhere, Trump insisted Tuesday as he sat down with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

It is a waste of time. They're wasting their time. And it's a disgrace. It's a disgrace to our country. Trump said he remains unconcerned about the unfolding inquiry in Washington with

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First Published: Dec 04 2019 | 12:55 PM IST

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