What do the Bidens have to hide?

Biden: A Witness Trade Involving Hunter For John Bolton Would Turn The Process Into A “Farce”

Now here’s the Senate minority leader, the lead impeachment manager, and the leading Democratic candidate for president all suggesting on the same day that approving a Bolton-for-Hunter deal won’t get Collins et al. any credit after all. They’ll be attacked anyway as Trump’s lackeys, muddying the waters about whether the president engaged in misconduct by introducing the Bidens’ ethical scruples into the mix, even though Bolton-for-Hunter is the best centrist Republicans can do realistically for Democrats. Any GOPer who agreed to subpoena Bolton without giving Trump his own pick of witnesses to call would be attacked as a traitor by the right. It doesn’t do a RINO any good to pander to moderate voters at the cost of enraging their base.

So if Collins can’t afford to call Bolton without calling Hunter but she also can’t call Bolton without being attacked by Democrats for also calling Hunter, what’s left for her except to say, “To hell with it”? Democrats won’t agree to her own conditions for a fair trial so maybe she’ll just end up doing what McConnell has wanted all along and decline to call any witnesses. Dems don’t want Hunter on the stand? Fine, no problem. Then no Bolton either. Proceed to deliberations.

Obviously, Joe obviously lacks the confidence that his son could be called to testify and not totally expose and humiliate him. They say Joe is just as adamant (if not more adamant) that he not be called as a witness himself. Apparently, he feels the better option would be to challenge Mitch McConnell and another McConnell family member to a dual push up contest.

Either way, this is becoming more about the politics and who is vulnerable to being called out. This is literally an abuse of power based on the very standards of the Democrat's own argument on impeachment. We are quite literally using impeachment entirely for political fodder, knowing that there is no way in hell that the President would actually be removed. The hypocrisy of demanding that investigations (that could harm a Democratic candidate) cannot be performed, while putting on this purely political dog and pony show on display (with every intention of harming people politically) is incredible. Perhaps the sheer over the top nature of the hypocrisy is how some are actually blinded by it.

Meanwhile!

If instead Joe is reluctant to that, Trump will spin it as proof that he and Hunter have something to hide — the same argument Democrats have made repeatedly about his refusal to let the likes of Bolton and Mulvaney testify. What’s the less risky option for Biden, to go answer questions in a deposition and hope that his testimony doesn’t come off as incriminating or to refuse to dignify the accusations (unless subpoenaed) and hope that people don’t conclude from his silence that he’s guilty of something?

I guess what is good for the gander is not good for the goose in this situation. The President is challenging Biden to a good old fashioned testimony contest. Perhaps Trump himself could offer testimony in exchange for Biden doing the same. Make it a two full day affair! How many questions does Biden want to answer about "his" quid pro quo demands in Ukraine? How much do Democrats really want to compare and contrast the two situations?