Unless I’m missing something Trump has no control over which witnesses get interviewed. He can request through his lawyers but the senate has to vote on who they want to speak too. If that’s the case then only the swamp gets to talk to whomever they want, not who the president wants. If one you pedes knows different than please correct me.
POTUS' legal team has full authority to subpoena witnesses and compel them to testify or be held in contempt.
Worst case, they show up, plead the 5th and clam up for the duration of the hearings. Even so, he can take torpedo the electoral campaigns of Biden and others by requiring them to be in DC to attend the hearings.
But there's also the discovery process and the documents, emails, text messages, etc, etc from the FISA court, FBI, CIA and so on that will be damning, especially if Trump follows form and declassifies it, as is his privilege as POTUS.
Unless I’m missing something Trump has no control over which witnesses get interviewed. He can request through his lawyers but the senate has to vote on who they want to speak too. If that’s the case then only the swamp gets to talk to whomever they want, not who the president wants. If one you pedes knows different than please correct me.
POTUS' legal team has full authority to subpoena witnesses and compel them to testify or be held in contempt.
Worst case, they show up, plead the 5th and clam up for the duration of the hearings. Even so, he can take torpedo the electoral campaigns of Biden and others by requiring them to be in DC to attend the hearings.
But there's also the discovery process and the documents, emails, text messages, etc, etc from the FISA court, FBI, CIA and so on that will be damning, especially if Trump follows form and declassifies it, as is his privilege as POTUS.
The accused has a right to call witnesses. This is absolutely basic.