Partisan tensions spilled out into the open Monday as Democrats and Republicans delivered their closing arguments in what was likely the final televised hearing about whether President Donald Trump should be impeached over his dealings with Ukraine.

Staff counsel for the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees presented evidence collected over the course of the nearly 11-week impeachment inquiry, but the hearing was repeatedly sidetracked by screaming matches, interruptions and GOP-initiated roll call votes. While Monday's testy and chaotic hearing didn't bring to light any new developments, it gave House lawmakers one more televised appeal to Americans surrounding the issue of impeachment.

Democrats built a case that there is "overwhelming" evidence that the president committed impeachable offenses – including an abuse of power and obstruction of Congress – and threatened U.S. national security and elections. Meanwhile, Republicans countered that there is no evidence of wrongdoing, accusing Democrats of using "facts to make them fit their narrative."

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The presentation of evidence will serve as the foundation of articles of impeachment, which could be introduced as early as this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California has directed the relevant impeachment committees to start drafting articles, which could potentially include abuse of power and bribery, obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice. It also remains to be seen if evidence from former special counsel Robert Mueller's obstruction investigation will help form one of the articles.

In his presentation on behalf of the Judiciary Committee, Democratic counsel Barry Berke argued there was "overwhelming" evidence that Trump abused the powers of the presidency by "pressuring" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to open political probes and that he used a White House meeting and military aid as leverage. Berke played several clips of fact witnesses who testified before the House Intelligence Committee last month to back up his assessment that Trump "used the powers of government for a domestic political errand."

Berke also used excerpts of Trump's speeches and comments, including one in which he declared that Article II of the Constitution gives him "the right to do whatever I want as president."

"The scheme by President Trump was so brazen, so clear … that it's hard to imagine that anybody could dispute those acts, let alone argue that that conduct does not constitute an impeachable offense or offenses," Berke said.

His 30-minute opening statement echoed a refrain used by Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler of New York at the start of the hearing: "President Trump put himself before country."

In the second round, Democratic counsel Daniel Goldman summed up House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff's 300-page impeachment report in a few points: Trump "directed a scheme" to push Ukraine to open political probes, used his office to withhold a White House meeting and military aid and "continues to solicit Ukrainian interference in our election."

Democrats have homed in on Trump's July 25 call with Zelenskiy in which he requested that Ukraine announce investigations into uncorroborated claims about the 2016 election interference and into one of Trump's 2020 rivals, former Vice President Joe Biden. But Republicans on the committee continued to swat down concerns about the content of the call, which Trump has repeatedly called "perfect."

GOP counsel Steve Castor, who presented twice on behalf of the Judiciary and Intelligence committees, argued that impeaching a president "over eight lines in a call transcript is baloney." He claimed Democrats have been searching for a reason to impeach since they took back the House majority in January and eventually "settled" on the July call.

"There's no direct evidence that Trump withheld the meeting or security assistance to pressure Zelenskiy to investigate former Vice President Biden," Castor said, adding that witness testimony from last month was "riddled with hearsay, presumptions, speculation."

Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins of Georgia, a key ally of the president, called it a "focus group impeachment."

"We don't have a crime. We don't have anything we can actually pin and nobody understands really what the majority is trying to do except interfere and basically make sure they believe the president can't win next year if he's impeached," Collins said.

Monday's hearing was acrimonious from the start when a pro-Trump protester immediately interrupted by accusing Nadler of committing treason. Throughout the hearing, Republicans raised points of order that stalled the proceedings and called a few recorded votes, like striking language from the record that "impugned" Trump – motions that all failed along party lines.

The drama crescendoed when Berke, who testified at the beginning of the hearing, later cross-examined GOP counsel, which is a rare move. Republicans cried foul that a committee staffer could have dual roles as Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin accused Berke of "badgering" Castor. Nadler pushed back that "sharp" cross-examination doesn't qualify as badgering.

As Nadler loudly and repeatedly banged his gavel to stop the interruptions, Collins mocked, "Bang it harder. It still doesn't make the point that you're doing this right."

The tense clashes continued when Collins pressed Goldman over phone records disclosed in Schiff's report that detailed communication between Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his associate Lev Parnas, former opinion writer for The Hill newspaper John Solomon and Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee.

Goldman said he wouldn't discuss how the committee conducted its investigation or who authorized the release of the phone records. As the Democratic lawyer sought to answer other questions, Collins caught him off, "I'm done with you right now."

When given the chance to follow up by Democrats, Goldman said it was a "usual investigative practice" to obtain phone records and said investigators haven't seen the content of the conversations.

But Collins called the release of phone records, particularly of Nunes, a "drive-by" as Republicans repeated their requests for Schiff to testify before the Judiciary Committee.