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Source: The Hill
BY TAL AXELROD - 11/08/19 11:05 PM EST
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, has formally requested that Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chair of the panel, privately testify as part of the Houses impeachment investigation into President Trump.
In a letter to Schiff, which was obtained and released by Fox News, Nunes wrote that the Intelligence Committee should not be conducting the show trial" impeachment inquiry.
"On November 6th, you announced the beginning of public hearings associated with the Democratic Party's partisan impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump," Nunes wrote Friday.
"Based on the precedent and lack of jurisdiction, the House Intelligence Committee should not take the lead in conducting such hearings; however, by now the American people know your desire to see the duly-elected president removed from office outweighs your sense of responsibility to running a functioning intelligence oversight committee.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/469717-nunes-demands-schiff-testify-behind-closed-doors-in-trump-impeachment-inquiry