It is patently false that Republicans on the intel committee have not been able to call witnesses to testify for the #ImpeachmentHearings. A thread with the facts:
1. Under the rules the House adopted in Oct, the ranking Republican member of the intel committee can request witnesses to be called to testify. Those requests are subject to approval by the Democratic chair, or to a vote of the full committee if the chair denies the request.
2. Because Democrats make up the majority of the committee, a vote of the full committee is unlikely to result in approval, leaving Republicans with no unilateral options...
3. ...BUT several of the witnesses included on the list Republicans submitted were approved by the Chair and have testified in public: fmr Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker, fmr National Security Council staffer Tim Morrison, and State Dept official David Hale. n.pr/35lsqKW
4. Democrats, however, seem unlikely to grant appearance of all of the Republicans’ requested witnesses, such as Hunter Biden.
5. And the Dems have refused (rightly so, in our view) demands for testimony from the whistleblower whose disclosure of Trump’s July call with the Ukrainian president sparked the impeachment inquiry, in order to protect the whistleblower’s identity.
6. For a reality check on the facts and the law governing the impeachment process, check out our Impeachment FAQ. pogo.org/analysis/2019/…
