Nunes defends Trump in impeachment hearing

November 13, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. | Updated November 13, 2019 at 2:23 p.m.

by Associated Press

Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., left, confers with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Steve Castor, Republican staff of the House Oversight Committee, right, looks on, as top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, during the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., left, confers with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Steve Castor, Republican staff of the House Oversight Committee, right, looks on, as top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, during the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) -The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee says President Donald Trump "would have a perfectly good reason for wanting to find out what happened" if there were indications that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

California Rep. Devin Nunes is questioning State Department witnesses in the first public hearing in the Democrats' impeachment probe.

National security officials have told Congress they don't believe Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election.

Democrats opened the investigation after a whistleblower complaint revealed that Trump had requested that Ukraine investigate political rival Joe Biden and his family and Ukraine's role in the 2016 election.

Democrats say the requests for politically motivated investigations are impeachable, but Republicans disagree.

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