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Trump Faces Deadline As Judiciary Panel Schedules Impeachment Hearing

The House Judiciary Committee is taking the baton from the Intelligence Committee for a new phase in the impeachment inquiry. The White House now must decide whether to participate.
President Trump spoke before pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey during a ceremony in the Rose Garden on Tuesday. Trump has until 6 p.m. on Dec. 1 to notify the House Judiciary Committee of any plans to participate in the upcoming public hearing on impeachment.

Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET

The House Judiciary Committee is set to take the baton in Democrats' impeachment inquiry next week at a public hearing scheduled for Dec. 4.

Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., announced the hearing on Tuesday and notified President Trump that he has a few days to respond as to whether the president or his team will participate in the new stage of the process.

Nadler's announcement follows one day after House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said his panel would be working over the Thanksgiving holiday recess to put together a report

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