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1)The Test: If House Dems are serious about oversight of Trump, they will retain counsel to ask the first 2 hours of questions of each witness. Endless, uncoordinated 5 minute showoff rounds are not designed to find the truth.
2) If I said to a client: "My 2 hr. plan for examining the other side's key witness is to have 24 lawyers question her for 5 minutes each." That would be a former client. Even before I said they would not pay any attention to each other's questions or the answers..
3)Most Members of Congress do not have the time to prepare adequately and to be able to revise their questions to follow up on responses. Brandeis could not be effective in 5 minute rounds. Same questions are asked by Member after Member when serious issues need to be explored
4)The model is the Watergate Hearings where litigator and GT Law Prof Sam Dash questioned each witness for at least an hour before handing over the questioning to Sen Sam Ervin and his colleagues. Because Ervin cared about finding out what happened more than occupying TV Time.
