The House impeachment inquiry moves this week from the House Intelligence Committee, led by Chairman Adam Schiff, to the House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jerry Navler.

The Democrats are continuing on a speedy timeline for this inquiry that would set a full House vote on articles of impeachment for just before the House breaks for the end of December holidays.

That shift means there's a few key moments to pay attention to this week.

The House Intelligence Committee released its report Tuesday on findings from the impeachment inquiry.

The report says President Trump placed his political interests above national interests in his conduct toward Ukraine, and that Trump, quote,

engaged in an unprecedented campaign of obstruction of this impeachment inquiry.

On Tuesday night, the Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote on sending that report to the Judiciary Committee.

This vote will allow Judiciary to consider articles of impeachment based on that document.

On Wednesday, hearings in the House Judiciary Committee will begin.

There, four constitutional scholars, three chosen by Democrats and one chosen by Republicans, are expected to testify on the standards for impeachment and what constitutes an impeachable offense.

But some potentially notable people will not be in attendance Wednesday.

White House counsel Pat Zipelone told the House Judiciary Committee in a five-page letter that Trump and his lawyers would not be part of the hearing.

So, have we seen anything like this in history, a President's legal team absent from impeachment proceedings into the President's actions?

How have past presidents used their lawyers in the impeachment process and how might Trump's approach be different?

That's right, we're asking Ken Trump and his lawyers sit out of the impeachment proceedings.

This is Ken who do that, a podcast that explores the powers and limitations of the American presidency and what happens when branches of government collide.

I'm Allison Michaels.

Our producer, Carol and I headed to the halls of the Capitol to find senior congressional correspondent Paul Cain.

This isn't his first time covering a presidential impeachment process, so we knew he'd have some answers.

I started by asking to remind us where the White House has stood on the inquiry up to this point.

In the Intelligence Committee, the White House basically refused to cooperate and refused to have any of the agencies turn over documents and the most senior of all witnesses.

There were more mid-level career type officials who did testify because they wouldn't be as legally protected by a presidential order to not cooperate.

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