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\"If he has not done anything wrong, we’re certainly anxious to hear his explanation of that,\" she added.

On Sunday, Demings also said that she believes all evidence on impeachment will be included in the Intelligence Committee's report. Members will be able to review a draft report on the findings of its impeachment inquiry on Monday, a committee official told ABC News. The committee will consider adopting the report on Tuesday. If the report is adopted, it and any minority views will be forwarded to the Judiciary Committee.

Following a court ruling that former White House counsel Don McGahn must comply with a congressional subpoena, McClintock said on \"This Week\" that senior officials, such as former national security adviser John Bolton and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney should \"absolutely\" testify, but that he has to weigh that against the \"enormous catastrophic damage\" that it would do to the doctrine of executive privilege, which assures candid conversations between presidents and their advisers.

\"So, he’s got to weigh those two elements,\" McClintock said. \"And I understand why he's making the decision that he is, to defend that doctrine of executive privilege not only for his administration but for all administrations.\"

\"So you believe they should testify, but not say much?\" Raddatz asked.

\"No, I think it would be in his advantage to -- to -- to have them testify,\" McClintock said. \"But, again, that would shatter the doctrine of executive privilege. And that's the -- the question that he has to weigh in whether to invoke that privilege.\"

.@martharaddatz: Should senior officials like Bolton and Mulvaney testify if the courts rule they can?

McClintock: \"Absolutely...but (Trump) has to weigh that against the enormous, catastrophic damage that would do to the doctrine of executive privilege.\" https://t.co/rjeu82rI21 pic.twitter.com/IKt7zJSOvK

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 1, 2019

When Raddatz asked Demings if she thinks the House should wait until a court rules on whether White House officials can testify, Demings said those officials wanted to tie things up in court and \"run the clock out.\"

\"We’re not going to play any games with them,\" she added. \"The American people are not going to, I think, tolerate any games.\"

Demings also pushed back against the Republican argument that Trump's possible quid pro quo was unsuccessful, by referring to her time as a law enforcement official.

\"I had an opportunity in 27 years to deal with a lot of people who attempted to rob a bank, attempted to burglarize a house, attempted to carjack an individual,\" she said. \"We didn’t say, well, since you weren’t successful, we caught you, you weren’t successful, so we just let you go and forget it.\"

What comes next in the impeachment inquiry?@danabrams: \"The prosecutors here are in effect, the House Judiciary Committee, where they have to decide what charges are appropriate to move forward and they're going to evaluate this as a legal matter.\" https://t.co/INVjqSSP4X pic.twitter.com/Rx7amCCXlc

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 1, 2019

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler sent a letter to President Donald Trump this past week reminding him that he and his lawyers have a right to attend the upcoming hearing.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that the White House was reviewing the letter, but added that \"what is obvious to every American is that this letter comes at the end of an illegitimate sham partisan process. The President has done nothing wrong and the Democrats know it.\"

Nadler followed the initial letter with another to both Ranking Member Doug Collins, R-Ga., and the White House asking how they planned to participate in the committee's hearings.

The White House has until 6 p.m. on Sunday to respond to the first letter, and until 5 p.m. on Friday to respond to the second.

ABC News' Katherine Faulders contributed to this report.

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