House needs to start over and bring these NEW witnesses they want to testify there. Senate does not do the House job of presenting NEW witnesses. They can call for previously testifying witnesses, to provide clarity or details. But even during Clintons case, witnesses brought into the Senate had previously testified in the House hearings. NEW witnesses were not brought forward in the Senate hearing. Discovery is done in the House. The Senate hears the evidence they provide and makes judgements on it there. Otherwise, why have the Senate make the final judgement? The House Dems thought they could be prosecutor, jury and judge. Doesn't work that way in our Constitution. This whole process is bastardizing/weaponizing the impeachment process, and a very dangerous precedent for future presidents. I don't care which side you're on.
As I said a week or 2 back, House coulda, woulda, shoulda'd this whole charade to get it done without proper protocols. House Dems need to go back and get their witnesses there, even if it means going to trial to get them, like all previous impeachments. This was their only chance, and they're blowing it.
Keep your hopes up for Bolton, by all means. It's gonna be the bombshell # 5679 game changer. I just know it.