Washington: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said public hearings in an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump could be expected this month. “I would assume there would be public hearing in November,” the top House Democrat told an interview with Bloomberg, adding that the case against Trump “has to be ironclad”, Xinhua news agency reported. She also said she does not know “what the timetable will be” for the inquiry and that they “have not made any decisions on if the president will be impeached.” The remarks came a day after the Democratic-controlled House approved mostly along party lines a resolution that establishes procedures for public impeachment hearings and the release of deposition transcripts, among other things. Pelosi initiated the impeachment inquiry into Trump in late September after an anonymous whistleblower raised concerns about the White House’s interactions with Ukraine, including a July 25 phone call between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. (IANS)