NEW YORK: The White House blasted the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump as “completely baseless” Friday (Saturday in Manila), signalling it would not seek to defend the president in Democratic-led hearings to draw up formal charges against him.

But Republicans demanded that Joe Biden’s son Hunter, the lawmaker leading the impeachment probe Adam Schiff, and the whistleblower at the origin of the inquiry all testify next week before the House Judiciary Committee.

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