Appearing Tuesday on CNN, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said President Donald Trump is not acting like an innocent man by rejecting calls for administration officials to testify in the House Democrats’ partisan impeachment inquiry.

“It’s a tantrum.” – Rep. Eric Swalwell on President Trump’s letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Mr. President, we don’t need your childish, whiny letter. Don’t send us that. Send us the documents that you have buried and have refused to provide to us” https://t.co/nA6KpuJ46f pic.twitter.com/lRSBizTWCj — CNN (@CNN) December 18, 2019

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