Mitt makes the rules and he will handcuff Trump bet the farm.
The cowardice of the republicans is the only real problem that trump will face. If you recall, they were frightened by the media and democrats so that no witnesses were called in any real trial against Clinton. But this would be different because the president would be asking for witnesses to defend himself. I do wonder whether members of Congress like Pelosi can be charged with perjury for lying while before the senate. You can be certain that witnesses like Biden, Pelosi, and many others will lie and evade every question. Again, the problem is the senate has very few strong individuals.
If this happens, Trump's responses will be epic against McConnell - Can he take it?mcconnell will limit Trump’s defense to the actual articles of impeachment. He will not allow Trump to investigate anything Trump wants. The goal here is to damage Trump’s chances in the 2020 elections.
Not so sure about that, you are leaving the DoJ out of the equation. Trump might not need the Senate “to investigate anything Trump wants.”But IMHO McConnell can and certainly will call a lot of witnesses germane to the impeachment articles - and exceedingly embarrassing to the Democrats.