You realize that the house inquiry was fully bipartisan, right?
Also, in the Clinton trial, everybody came to the inquiry, including the POTUS; all of whom answered questions.
You knew that, right? And that Trump obstructed Congress by taking the opposite tact, and prohibiting any of the WH witnesses from attending the Congressional inquiry. Right?
I think this is so important to repeat again and again. The House subpoenaed witness who the White House told not to testify. That in itself is contemptuous.
Of course, there was a reason for that -- the hope that lengthy court battles over whether the subpoenas should be honoured could push the House processes out past the election. And that would be a good thing for WHO exactly? Exactly -- POTUS.
Yet the fact remains, those witnesses didn't testify, and ought to testify if anybody is interested in the truth. Since McConnell says he doesn't want to hear from them, we must assume that he is not interested in the truth. And that is good for WHO exactly? Exactly -- POTUS and the Republican party.
I point out, yet again, that if there was a chance that the testimony that has been refused by the White House would be exculpatory, we would have heard it already, lout and clear. That we have not should be taken as a presumption that the testimony would be quite otherwise.
Finally, it's fascinating that Trump is calling for new witnesses all over the place: Pelosi, Schiff, Biden -- not a single one of whom could provide even remotely germane evidence to the matters in question -- because they didn't participate, weren't there, and had no opportunity to observe. But of course, this is all smoke and mirrors -- and the tragedy is its probably going to work, which tells me more than I care to know about the supposed system of "checks and balances."
America is losing a lot, in my view, and it saddens me.
