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White House rules out cooperation in impeachment probe

The US House of Representatives is examining whether President Donald Trump abused his office by seeking a corruption probe in Ukraine of 2020 election rival Joe Biden. [AFP]

The White House slammed the door in a letter Tuesday on any cooperation by President Donald Trump's administration with the Democrats' impeachment probe, calling it "constitutionally invalid."

The eight-page letter to Democratic leaders, signed by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, rejected the entire process underway in the House of Representatives, which is examining whether Trump abused his office by seeking a corruption probe in Ukraine of 2020 election rival Joe Biden.

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