Schiff says GOP must prove relevance for impeachment hearing witnesses

The Hill ^ | November 7, 2019 | Tal Axelrod

[glennaro]

Republicans must justify the relevance of witnesses

Justify to whom? To Schitts himself? To the committee? To Jeffrey Epstein? Under the Constitution the "defense" doesn't have to justify anything ...

[knarf]

MISCONDUCT IS NOT A CRIME, BUT FALSE ACCUSATION IS.

[Ingtar]

First GOP questions should be:

1. Were you on the phone call?
2. Did you interact directly with the President on this matter?
3. Did you speak with anyone on the House committees before giving “testimony”?

Feel free to add your own.

[odawg]

A “relevant witness” to little adam schiff is one who accuses Trump of crimes. I mean, that one is easy.

[Paladin2]

SCIF is totally irrelevant. [But still needs to interviewed as a witness.]

[usurper]

Shifty Schiffhead is in full kangaroo court phase.

Yep and the GOP is playing right along. The GOP should just walk away and let the dems play with themselves. Attending these farce hearings only lends them credibility.

[pepsi_junkie]

Watch closely, America. If they can put the President of the USA through an openly rigged process / trial, do you really think if they have full power they will respect YOUR rights? HAH!

[sphinx]

So: the prosecutor gets to screen defense witnesses and disqualify them at will? Cool.

How soon can we bring Schiff up on charges? Anything will do ….

[Paladin2]

"Is Chief Justice Roberts part of the Coup??"

Well, Traitor Roberts is in charge of the FISA Court...

[treetopsandroofs]

Whoever does not see this as the coup it is, is either blind, ignorant, or complicit, or some combination thereof.

It's NOW been labeled as such, and our domestic enemies are ALL IN.

[VanDeKoik]

“I don’t get why Republicans even play the game. They should all walk out en masse, stand on the Capitol steps and let it all hang out. They are elected members of Congress and are not obligated to wait for some IG report that never seems to get publicized. They know the truth. Speak it publicly. They should not return to the Capitol until the Dems stop the coup attempt.”

Sooooo they should “walk out”, give a press conference, and hope the Democrats feel “shame” enough to stop?

Ok.

[Dahoser]

They get to call whoever they want pencil-neck.

Actually they don't. By the rules of this farce, the Republicans must get permission from Schiff for their witnesses and must submit the request 72 hours in advance.

Here are the rules: https://www.theepochtimes.com/impeachment-inquiry-rules-skewed-heavily-against-the-president_3133880.html"

[TLI]

said Republicans must justify the relevance of witnesses they want to call in public hearings

Morons.

Relevance is determined by testimony in court, not the other way around.

Unless you are channeling Ministerium für Staatssicherheit.

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[treetopsandroofs]

“How soon can we bring Schiff up on charges? Anything will do ….”

Hey now, do you really want BarrCo distracted from their reports to be released ANY DAY/MONTH/YEAR?!

Investigations into Rats only take 15-20 minutes to exonerate THEM....

[hardspunned]

Who will find the pic or evidence of Schiffty’s star witness hanging with Ciaramella? In the kangaroo court transcript Taylor swore he’d never heard of him. No way, since they both slither around in the very same swamp slime.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. I half-expected to be called on that.

This does put Schiff in the position of blocking effective witness though, unless I’m not understanding part of this.

[jazusamo]

So: the prosecutor gets to screen defense witnesses and disqualify them at will? Cool.

Yep, that's exactly where the bug-eyed little turkey is going.

[dfwgator]

Republicans should go full "Delta House"...

[red-dawg]

[truthkeeper]

I was about to post almost the exact same thing. Walk out en masse and quit playing the Rats’ game. But in addition have regular updates for the American people on their shenanigans so they learn what a huge farce this whole thing is.