What planet are you on??The Democrats are conducting the impeachment probe in the Intelligence Committee, not the Judiciary Committee for the first time. They’re not allowing Republicans into the hearings. They barred them. A Republican, Matt Gates, was not allowed in there. They said up front the reason was to hide the questions and the answers from the president and the Republicans in case they come up with good stories against them. In America you have the right to hear and see your accusers.
It’s all a show because the Democrats can’t handle the fact that Trump is the president.
Half the committee are Republicans, they get equal time to ask questions of the witnesses. That’s why it takes 9 hours.
The chairperson is right to have members of the intelligence community give evidence in private. For obvious security reasons and to prevent witnesses from tailoring their testimony based on what other witnesses have said. This helps the congressmen (jury) ferret out the truth by noticing inconsistencies in the testimonies of different witnesses. Up to nine hours of intense questioning of each witness will produce such inconsistencies; to ensure that the facts are known and the truth of the matter ascertained.