Excellent point. So you bog them down, bog them down, and at the same time you give them a hard time. My reading of Schiff is he can’t handle credible opposition. He has to be in control of everything. No cross-examination, only direct, and behind closed doors, and the witnesses he chooses to call, and then only make public excerpts he chooses to forward his narrative. He’s a pathological control freak. Take it all out of his hands, and then force him to participate civilly without being in control, and he will melt down like a five-year-old who wants another piece of chocolate.
Push back. Wreck their narrative. Have Trump allow the Ukrainians who want to testify come in to testify. Order the State Department to issue them visas specifically for the purpose. Clark, or Kent, or whatever his name is, is deliberately refusing to do that. And have them testify, in front of the House, in front of a Grand Jury, then talk to the media. Have Rudy testify at the minority hearing, too. Save Schiff for an ethics committee complaint, and Blow Boy (my word for whistle blower) in front of the CIA IG after it’s all over.
The GOP Senate should have had fact gathering hearings in parallel to the House impeachment hoax show trial. I believe both the HOuse and Senate had Watergate hearings. No reason not to do the same here.
McConnell should have told Pelosi that 1) the GOP Senate would gather facts that validate Trump’s concerns on Ukraine corruption and 2) there would be a witness taking the 5th in the Senate every day the Dems have a hearing in the House.
My guess that would have greatly reduced Democrat enthusiasm for this hoax. Instead the House Dems got the green light from the do-nothing GOP Senate and POTUS will be impeached by the House next week.