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Updated 1:22 p.m.|President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Democrats of resisting testimony from Carter Page, his former campaign adviser, because he blows away allegations they have made.

Page told the top Republican and Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee last Tuesday that he would testify as part of their probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. But Trump now saysthe minority party has changed its mind about hearing from Page.

Trump alluded to uncited reports in tweeting that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russia, dont want him to testify.

The top Democrat on theHouse Intelligence Committee, California Rep.Adam B. Schiffsaid Wednesday that he and Texas Rep. K. Michael Conway, the investigations top Republican,have agreed to review relevant documents before interviewing witnesses, as you would expect in a comprehensive investigation. And while we anticipate interviews to begin shortly, we have agreed that the pace of those interviews will be dictated by the needs of the investigation and not the preferences of outside parties.

On Tuesday, Page said he learned from the Intelligence panelthat he might not be immediately afforded the opportunity to address the committee.

In two tweets, the president went on to say that this alleged change of heart by Democratic members comes because they have concluded Page blows away their ... case against him.

Trump, referring to the FBI director he fired and the Obama administrations last CIA director, wrote that his former adviser wants to clear his name by showing the false or misleading testimony by James Comey, John Brennan...

He ended his second tweeton the matter by again referring to several congressional investigations and the FBIs probe into Russia as a collective Witch Hunt!

Trumps latest tweetstorm came a day after his press secretary, Sean Spicer, refused to answer questions about whether then-candidate and President-elect Trump knew about back channel communications his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner reportedly wanted to establish with Moscow before they enteredthe White House.

[Trumps Total Authorization to Military Gives Some Deep Concerns]

Notably, Spicer would neither confirm nor deny that Kushner attempted to go around the outgoing Obama administration.

Trumps tweets came just minutes before a new poll was released showing growing support among American voters for the House to start impeachment proceedings.

Forty-three percent of those surveyed by Morning Consult and Politico said they want the impeachment process against Trump to begin. Thats up from the previousversion of the same poll, which had the figure at 38 percent. Notably, however, most voters (45 percent) do not want impeachment proceedings.

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