India, Nov. 12 -- On the eve of the beginning of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against him, President Donald Trump announced that he will release the transcript of his first phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart before the week's end.

This is the second time Trump has delayed the release of the transcript after offering last weekend to do so on Tuesday.

"I will be releasing the transcript of the first, and therefore more important, phone call with the Ukrainian President before week's end," Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday, referring to his conversation with Ukraine's then President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky on April 12.

In a series of early morning tweets, the president attacked House impeachment inquiry witnesses by c...