The hearings last Wednesday and Friday saw veteran US diplomats support allegations that Mr Trump pressured Ukraine to help him find political dirt on rival Democrat and former vice-president Joe Biden, who could face Mr Trump in next year's presidential election.
Witnesses who are expected to take the stand this week include US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who allegedly transmitted Mr Trump's demands to the Ukraine government. Mr Trump, who faces the prospect of becoming only the third president in US history to be impeached, tweeted early Monday that he is"strongly" considering testifying to defend himself against allegations that he abused his powers in seeking foreign help for the 2020 election.
He tweeted that House leader Nancy Pelosi suggested"that I testify about the phoney impeachment witch hunt"."Even though I did nothing wrong, and don't like giving credibility to this no due process hoax, I like the idea and will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it.
Even so, his lawyers negotiated strict limits on what kind of questions could be put, and in dozens of instances, Mr Trump said he could not"recall" the facts.
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