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| Trump: Democrats' impeachment inquiry 'unpatriotic' | Trump: Democrats' impeachment inquiry 'unpatriotic' |
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| US President Donald Trump has attacked Democrats' impeachment investigation into his conduct as "very unpatriotic". | US President Donald Trump has attacked Democrats' impeachment investigation into his conduct as "very unpatriotic". |
| Speaking at a Nato summit in London, he said the congressional inquiry was a "bad thing for our country". | Speaking at a Nato summit in London, he said the congressional inquiry was a "bad thing for our country". |
| "I'm not even thinking about it," the Republican president insisted of the impeachment drama. | "I'm not even thinking about it," the Republican president insisted of the impeachment drama. |
| A US House of Representatives panel is to release a report on Tuesday laying out the case to remove Mr Trump from office. | A US House of Representatives panel is to release a report on Tuesday laying out the case to remove Mr Trump from office. |
| What did Trump say? | |
| Speaking beside Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, Mr Trump told reporters: "I think it's very unpatriotic for the Democrats to put on a performance where they do that. | |
| "I do. I think it's a bad thing for our country. Impeachment wasn't supposed to be used that way." | |
| He repeated his assertion that his July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which is at the centre of the impeachment inquiry, was "absolutely perfect". | |
| Democrats says Mr Trump pressured his counterpart during the phone conversation to announce a corruption investigation into White House candidate Joe Biden in the hope of discrediting him. | |
| Want to find out more? | |
| What's happening in Washington? | |
| The House Intelligence Committee is expected to vote along party lines on Tuesday evening to approve its report summing up the evidence against President Trump. | |
| The report will be submitted to the House Judiciary Committee, which will begin its own proceedings on Wednesday, hours before Mr Trump is due to return to Washington. | |
| The judiciary panel's hearings will begin with four constitutional scholars, who will explain how impeachment works. | |
| The White House has refused to participate in the hearings, citing a lack of "fairness". |