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| Impeachment: Trump will 'strongly consider' testifying | Impeachment: Trump will 'strongly consider' testifying |
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| President Donald Trump has said he likes "the idea" of testifying in the impeachment inquiry against him. | President Donald Trump has said he likes "the idea" of testifying in the impeachment inquiry against him. |
| In a tweet on Monday Mr Trump said he would "strongly consider" the move after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested it over the weekend. | In a tweet on Monday Mr Trump said he would "strongly consider" the move after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested it over the weekend. |
| The Democrat-led inquiry is establishing whether Mr Trump withheld aid to Ukraine in return for an inquiry into ex-Vice President Joe Biden. | |
| The Republican president has dismissed it as a "witch hunt". | |
| On Sunday, Ms Pelosi said the president was welcome to "speak all the truth that he wants if he wants" before investigators. | |
| "If he has information that is exculpatory, that means ex, taking away, culpable, blame, then we look forward to seeing it," she told the CBS News programme Face the Nation. | |
| In his tweets, Mr Trump attacked Ms Pelosi as "Our Crazy, Do Nothing" speaker, but said he would consider testifying "in order to get Congress focused again". |