President Donald Trump has lashed out over his impending impeachment in a letter to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of declaring "open war on American democracy".
The president wrote that he had committed "no offences whatsoever".
He is accused of pressuring Ukraine for personal gain and obstructing the impeachment process.
The Democratic-controlled House will hold an impeachment vote on Wednesday, which is expected to pass.
A vote in favour would lead to a trial of the president in the Senate. In theory, this could see him removed from office - although this is unlikely, as it would need a two-thirds majority vote in the Republican-controlled chamber.
Mr Trump has resisted the impeachment process by preventing key aides from testifying before the House of Representatives and by declining to appear himself, despite a public invitation to do so.
And with little hope of changing the outcome of Wednesday's vote in the House, Mr Trump used his six-page letter to rail against the process and denounce Ms Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House.
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