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Trump \"was very upbeat about the whole process,\" Brooks said of the discussion of impeachment. \"If you had not known better, you'd have thought he was totally unconcerned about the frivolous nature of the charges leveled by Democrats.\"

Gaetz said in a statement on Wednesday that he did not visit the White House on Tuesday or discuss the planned demonstration with Trump or other White House officials ahead of time.

ABC News' Jack Arnholz and Luis Martinez contributed to this report.

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