House Oversight Committee impeachment witnesses, handpicked by Republicans, denied there was evidence that President Joe Biden had committed any crimes, notes NBC News:
None of the witnesses were “fact witnesses,” meaning none were involved in the investigation or the alleged activities the hearing was discussing…
One of the panel’s expert witnesses, law professor Jonathan Turley, acknowledged that the evidence Republicans had gathered so far, however, doesn’t prove their case. “I do not believe that the current evidence would support articles of impeachment,” he said.
…Some Republicans were also unhappy about how the hearing went. A senior GOP aide said that Comer’s strategy of feeding Fox News impeachment stories is not working and that “we are losing the media narrative game to the White House right now.”
“Calling witnesses that say the opposite of your narrative on impeachment is equally a bad strategy,” the aide said.
Another Republican aide who works for a lawmaker who supports the impeachment inquiry described what he saw of the hearing as “boring” with “no bombshells.”
Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) promised a “mountain of evidence,” but failed to deliver. After being humiliated, Rep. Comer issued subpoenas for the president’s brother James Biden, Hunter Biden and his business partner Eric Schwerin.
(Source: NBC News)