Democratic lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Donald Turmp on Thursday requested the former president to testify in his trial for allegedly inciting insurrection in the attack on the US Capitol last month.
"I write to invite you to provide testimony under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial, concerning your conduct on January 6, 2021," chief impeachment manager Jamie Raskin wrote in a letter to Trump, ahead of the February 9 opening of the trial.
Raskin made the request after Trump's lawyers filed a pre-trial brief denying the allegations that he encouraged the violent assault by his supporters on the US Congress, which left five people dead.