I understand it's hard to post on political forums and step back from what you hold to be true. Simple rules of fairness would tell us House Republicans should be allowed to call witnesses. It's also a bit rich to say these proceedings need to be held in secrecy. Let's put aside the leaking coming from the House Dems that clearly isn't meant to provide an objective account of the testimony. But, secrecy? Seriously??
These institutions are suppose to have continuing legacies for our democracy. We've survived bad Presidents, jerky Presidents, what have you. We'll survive Trump's Presidency too.
The House might be irreparably harmed. All because half the country was determined to try to remove a President they detest. Pelosi and Schiff have unleashed a scourge on our country that we will all soon live to regret. All for a couple percentage points in a national poll.
Both Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski for the Watergate investigation and Kenneth Starr, Special Prosecutor of the Whitewater investigation, conducted their investigative work NOT "in the open" and NOT "in public". Their findings were then made "public" and used in open hearings and Senate trial.
The inquiry today is an investigation into the alleged misconduct of the President as were both the Jaworski and Starr investigations back then. Then as now, this is the investigative phase, which once again then as now, will result in making the findings "public" and used open hearings and Senate trial.
The "whining" about fairness and secrecy holds no water legally, ethically or morally.
Remember when this gets to the Senate McConnell "will stop it".
But Americans need to know the truth and Trump should come clean. That really is the only true "fairness" and "openness" that is required and needed.