Great point from Chris Matthews last night about Barr testifying

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45. Barr was supposed to testify voluntarily and has balked at the arrangement

Him not showing or trying to dictate terms means Nadler can issue a subpoena to compel him to appear. Assuming he fights it as der Furor demands, the Dems have talking points re: delay and obstruction at the highest levels of the Exec Branch.

In the WH's view, time is on their side and the less said publicly by witnesses the more spin they can spew.

IMO this will play into the hands of the Dems that want to jump to impeachment hearings w/o preliminary committee testimony.

With the administration refusing to submit to routine Congressional oversight, hearings on impeachment could be the vehicle to force testimony and should release the Grand Jury evidence to a related investigational body. Don't think that the same delay tactics used against committee hearings would work against impeachment proceedings.