...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...that they would rather have no impeachment witnesses than risk the country hearing his testimony. During an interview on CBS’s "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Nadler said Democrats would not be willing to negotiate on witnesses for the Senate trial. In fact, he suggested that any attempts by the GOP to block or negotiate on witnesses were tantamount to a cover-up.
"Is there any circumstance in which Democrats would consider, for reciprocity, having Hunter Biden come and testify?" asked CBS’s Margaret Brennan.
"You know, the question of witnesses in any trial, in any trial, all relevant witnesses must be heard," replied Nadler. "Whether if‐if you’re accused of robbing a bank, testi‐testimony that I saw him rob the bank or he was somewhere else, he couldn’t have robbed the bank, is admissible. It’s not negotiable whether you have witnesses. And this whole controversy about whether there should be witnesses is just‐is really a question of does the Senate want to have a fair trial or do they‐or are they part of the cover-up of the president? Any Republican senator who says there should be no witnesses or even that witnesses should be negotiated is part of the cover-up."
After that longwinded non-answer, Brennan asked more pointedly, "So, you’re saying no way would Hunter Biden ever be called to testify?"
"Well, I’m saying that Hunter Biden has no knowledge of the accusations against the president," Nadler replied. "Did the president, as we said‐as the evidence shows that he did‐betray his country by conspiring with a foreign country to‐to try to rig the election? Hunter Biden has nothing to say about that. Their‐their asking for Hunter Biden is just more of a smear of Hunter Biden that the president’s trying to get the Ukraine to do."