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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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Read: WH declines to take part in first Judiciary impeachment hearing

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

Trump gestures as he arrives to speak to the US soldiers during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field, on November 28, 2019 in Afghanistan. 

President Trump at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on Nov. 28. Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

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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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