Seems like these Democratic lawyers know all the tricks the Democrats do and they are trying to not let that happen to them
Wrong. The Committee has said he will have a chance/ be required to testify in open committee as well. But they are doing an investigation and do not want all of their investigation leads and developments broadcast while in process. You know, Hunter and Joe want what the FBI gave Joe which was full announcement about any investigation and the FBI calling ahead to tell them that their house is going to be raided. Not gonna happen. At the committee level anyway. No doubt the FBI/DOJ will still front run it to give Biden's accomplices a chance to clean up first if they can. If you have just an open committee meeting with no private session first then all the others scheduled to testify know what was said and you lose any chance to discover where perjury is taking place or testimony differs. In other words you lefties don't want Camp Biden to be investigated the way Camp Trump has. You didn't see Paul Mannafort being notified by the FBI/DOJ that his house was going to be raided, did you? And he and Roger Stone did not get notices to appear in court did they? Nope, they were raided and shackled and taken to jail. As several of the Biden's should be.
Discovery was done awhile back, because the white trash republicans have nothing, they can claim whatever they want behind closed doors whereas a public hearing will display their buffoonery.
Despite the claims of some right-wingers -- there is no proposal from GOP for Hunter to testify both in public and private. The GOP outright rejected any public session. Hunter Biden Offers to Testify Publicly. House Republicans … Aren’t Interested Democrat Jamie Raskin torched House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer for rejecting Biden's offer to testify, calling it an "epic humiliation" https://www.rollingstone.com/politi...ect-hunter-biden-testify-publicly-1234900395/
Try again. Ongoing investigation. Countless more witnesses to come and some to come and then return again for more testimony (think Hunter). Also, the DOJ has an active investigations and indictments against Hunter. More to come in California. And yes, you are probably correct there, in that the republicans had to shame the DOJ into taking action, they got caught red handed giving him a pass and running out the clock on him. Oh, the shame that the Biden crime family has foisted upon the country. At least another full year of this to come. Even longer if the pubs take the house again. Enjoy.