Iran Press/ America: The House Judiciary Committee on Monday will hear from lawyers for both Democrats and Republicans on findings from the Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry over allegations that President Donald Trump withheld aid to Ukraine in order to pressure its government to investigate into his political opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Witnesses for the Intelligence Committee include majority counsel Daniel Goldman and the Republicans' lawyer, Steve Castor. Also on the witness list is Barry Berke, majority counsel for the Judiciary Committee.
The House Intelligence Committee released a report on its findings last week and transmitted it to the Judiciary Committee on Friday.
The first hearing included testimony from four eminent legal scholars debating whether the president's dealings with Ukraine constituted impeachable offenses.
The impeachment process began in September after an anonymous whistleblower complained to the US Congress about a July phone call by Trump to the president of Ukraine, in which the US president appeared to tie US military assistance to Ukraine launching investigations into Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, that would help Donald Trump with his re-election campaign.
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