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The White House declined in a letter Sunday the House Judiciary Committee's invitation to take part in the panel's first impeachment inquiry hearing Wednesday. But the Trump administration letter doesn't rule out participating in future hearings.

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It's "too late to cure the ... deficiencies that have tainted this entire inquiry," letter says.

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<p>The White House declined in a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="letter" data-vars-click-url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6563149-PAC-Letter-12-1-2019.html" data-vars-content-id="c13bd7f9-e2fc-48ad-a061-a3290a453b45" data-vars-headline="Read: WH declines to take part in first Judiciary impeachment hearing" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6563149-PAC-Letter-12-1-2019.html" target="_blank">letter</a> Sunday the House Judiciary Committee&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="invitation" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/trump-faces-deadline-counsel-impeachment-hearing-3b08181b-a4ab-42b5-a691-19be39af3436.html" data-vars-content-id="c13bd7f9-e2fc-48ad-a061-a3290a453b45" data-vars-headline="Read: WH declines to take part in first Judiciary impeachment hearing" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/trump-faces-deadline-counsel-impeachment-hearing-3b08181b-a4ab-42b5-a691-19be39af3436.html" target="_self">invitation</a> to take part in the panel&#x27;s first impeachment inquiry <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hearing" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/impeachment-hearing-next-phase-judiciary-committee-d4883d0f-c44f-4318-8d30-4683ed60376f.html" data-vars-content-id="c13bd7f9-e2fc-48ad-a061-a3290a453b45" data-vars-headline="Read: WH declines to take part in first Judiciary impeachment hearing" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/impeachment-hearing-next-phase-judiciary-committee-d4883d0f-c44f-4318-8d30-4683ed60376f.html" target="_self">hearing</a> Wednesday. But the Trump administration letter doesn&#x27;t rule out participating in future hearings.</p>

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