I’m supporting the Biden side to the degree that Comer and the republicans have been consistently overstated their case and mischaracterized their evidence against the president for several years now and it’s tiresome.Depositions are part of the legal process. They are not public trials. In the case of depositions, courts typically dictate who can and cannot attend. Legal representatives, experts that are pertinent to the case, etc. may all be allowed to come. Public records are available. But it is NOT a trial. It is a fact finding pre-course to trial. He is not being denied a public trial,
I'm sure that the Hunter defense team wants to make this part of the process as big as possible as part of their strategy to defend him. With the public being involved, there are so many opportunities to sway public opinion and slow down the process. What they are trying to do is probably smart on their part. What the Comer team is trying to do is not turn this part of the process into a cat herding exercise.
I get your support of the Biden side...but to call this out as a "lack of transparency" ploy by the Republicans is just misguided. This is normal procedure in the case of depositions.
Based on past actions, there is a high degree of certainty that Hunter testifies and Comer, MTG and the rest of the GOP misrepresents what was said. It won’t matter once the actual transcript is released because the right will have their soundbites for Fox and the rest of the echo chamber that they wanted out of the testimony.
And as I said above, all these references to the sanctity of congressional subpoenas are humorous given five members of the GOP leadership chose to ignore their J6 subpoenas entirely.