Articles of impeachment would be a reckless abuse of power. And constitute the highly partisan and unconstitutional attempt at impeachment. Nadler responded immediately in a statement. If the president has no good response to the allegations, then he would not want to appear before the committee. Having declined the opportunity he cannot claim the process is unfair. And house intel chairman schiff saying the white house said they want an open hearings. Now closed. And then they didnt want those either. Then said they wanted to participate in the proceedings and now they say they dont. All they really want is hide the president s serious miskulkt. Its not working. The House Speaker undaunted by the house. Said this. Last night. Acts are clear the constitution is clear. The president violated the constitution. The white house decision was not unexpected. Given president s repeated refusal to turn over subpoenaed documents or allow officials to testify. Trumps legal team has an official c