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At the time of President Bill Clinton's impeachment in 1998, Lofgren had served in Congress for four years. Sitting on House Judiciary, the congresswoman watched as the Republican-controlled committee drafted and approved articles of impeachment for the Democratic president.

.@GStephanopoulos: Can you explain to the American people why you think it's OK for the president to ask a foreign nation to investigate a political opponent?

Rep. Matt Gaetz says he believes Trump was acting based on a \"sincere\" skepticism of foreign aid https://t.co/Q1qCBs4ptM pic.twitter.com/moiUnoNsy1

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The two representatives also disagreed on whether Trump should call witnesses to the panel.

\"The president has improperly withheld important witnesses,\" Lofgren said on \"This Week\" Sunday. \"The idea of absolute immunity is preposterous.\"

Gaetz disagreed, telling Stephanopoulos, \"The president has to make decisions not only for him but for the presidency.\"

\"I think it would inure to the president's advantage to have people testify who could exculpate him, but they -- we want to preserve an executive branch where there are out-of-the-box strategy sessions where people come up with crazy ideas and reject those ideas and hone them,\" he added.

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PHOTO: U.S.Representative Zoe Lofgren speaks during an event in support of the House vote on the SAFE Act, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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During the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing on Wednesday, four legal scholars evaluated whether the president's involvement with Ukraine constituted an impeachable offense. Three of the witnesses, invited by the Democrats, argued that President Donald Trump abused presidential power in his dealings with Ukraine. The other witness, invited by Republicans, disagreed. He said that he believed there was not enough evidence to remove Trump from office.

On \"This Week,\" the Florida Republican also called \"odd\" the president's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani's trip to Ukraine this past week, which Gaetz had previously question in an interview on CNN.

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PHOTO: Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks during testimony by constitutional scholars before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 4, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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\"But it is weird that he is over there,\" Gaetz said on of Giuliani's trip on Sunday. \"I'm very grateful that very soon after I made those comments on CNN, the president put out a statement that said Rudy Giuliani does want to come into Congress and explain his role, explain what he's been up to.\"

\"And I believe that the president urging Mayor Giuliani to provide that clarity to the Congress will be helpful in resolving what seems to be odd having him over there at this time,\" Gaetz added.

The Judiciary Committee will hold its second public impeachment hearing on Monday when lawyers for the Democrats and Republicans from the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees will present findings from their investigations.

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