US House Judiciary Committee invites Trump to Dec. 4 impeachment hearing

Congress has invited US president Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing on December 4th.

The democratic chairman of the house judiciary committee, Jerrold Nadler, said Mr Trump could either attend or stop complaining about the process.

If he does attend, the president would be able to question witnesses.

It would mark the next stage in the impeachment inquiry, which centres on a July phone call between Mr Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

In that call, president Trump asked Mr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, currently the front runner to be the democratic candidate in next year’s presidential election.