Careful About Those Wishes, Nadler

Timothy Birdnow

Pajamas Media points out the hypocrisy of Jerry Nadler and the Democrats, who are demanding witnesses in the Senate trial but were happy to deny the Republicans the same courtesy during the impeachment hearings.

But, when Schiff had the Republicans list of witnesses for the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment hearings, Schiff did not oblige, and proceeded with a blatantly partisan impeachment inquiry.

You will never go broke betting on the chutzpah of the Democrats, that is for sure.

The article makes this point:

There's been a lot of talk about how Senate Republicans might proceed with the Senate trial. Rumors are swirling about Adam Schiff and his staff — and even Joe and Hunter Biden — being called as witnesses. There's also been talk of a short impeachment trial in order to get it over with and move on, particularly from Lindsey Graham, who said, "This thing will come to the Senate, and it will die quickly, and I will do everything I can to make it die quickly,."

Schiff isn't happy about that either.

"I think we see clearly what's going on here with the comments of Lindsey Graham and others and that is they don't want the American people to see the facts," said Schiff—yes, the same guy who denied Republicans the opportunity to call their own witnesses. "They realize what's been presented in the House is already overwhelming but that there's more damning evidence to be had and they don't want the American people to see that," he added.

The American People already had more than their fair share of time taken up seeing the things that Nadler now wants to rehash. And of course the Senators will have the transcripts and depositions. It serves no real purpose except as political campaign fodder.

But there is another point. I favor a long impeachment with a lot of witnesses called by the Republicans, but I have heard it said this cannot be done as the Senate acts as jurors and has to accept the case presented by the House. I have my doubts; certainly the President's lawyers have a right to call witnesses of their own. But Mitch McConnell seems stuck on this idea that it is not within the purview of the Senate to allow witnesses to be called outside of the ones who have already testified.

At any rate, Schiff wants a show that never ends. And he is on record saying he wouldn't testify if called by the Senate.

He should be careful what he wishes for.

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