Adam Schiff Makes Up New Rules for Impeachment Inquiry; Restricts Republican Witness Questions
http://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/07/adam-schiff-makes-up-new-rules-for-impeachment-inquiry-restricts-republican-witness-questions/
House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) issued a set of restrictions on Thursday morning limiting Republicans to calling witnesses that can respond to three questions, all of which reflect Democrats' views. ...
Schiff is also requiring Nunes to submit "detailed written justification" for each witness requested. In a letter to Nunes, Schiff lists the deadline as "Saturday," November 8, at 11:20 a.m. However, Nov. 8 is a Friday.
There is nothing in the House impeachment inquiry resolution passed last week that allows Schiff to limit the scope of questions to witnesses. All it says is that witnesses must provide "relevant" testimony. The minority may propose witnesses through the ranking member, and can appeal to the committee as a whole if the chair rejects those. (This resolution, unlike the resolution in the impeachment of Bill Clinton, does not allow the ranking member similar rights to veto witnesses called by the chair).
Schiff and the Democrats could simply vote to exclude Republican witnesses for any reason. By setting out narrow criteria for "relevance," he appears to be attempting to minimize the political damage from votes by the majority to exclude the so-called "whistleblower" and other witnesses.
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