Conundrum wrote:
Republican catch 22
To show trump is guilty of extortion, you need a direct witness not just hearsay.
No, we will not allow anyone who has direct knowledge to testify.
(This proves trump is innocent???)
Sondland might be the only direct witness and he was suppose to lie.
Keep in mind that these public hearings aren't to demonstrate that Trump is guilty because anyone with a tenth of a brain already knows that he is. The objective is to sway public opinion in favor of impeachment and (I assume, ultimately) a potential removal from office vote. As such, you can expect a lot of grandstanding by both sides and appeal to various forms of emotion and etc. As long as public support for impeachment stays below 60% then there's a pretty good chance it just won't happen at all.