*copied from my reply to your repost of this meme in the politics stream*
In the real world, Defendants don’t get to block you from collecting evidence or taking depositions of firsthand witnesses
Dems got as far as they could without resorting to litigation over executive privilege that could taken months and months
It is amusing though to hear Republicans arguing now that they would have preferred that the impeachment hearings drag on through summer or until the 2020 election or beyond, when they about lost it when Nancy Pelosi delayed handing over the Articles for a couple days over Christmas break