'We don't have time for stunts!' James Comer's impeachment hearing goes off the rails

On Wednesday, a House Oversight impeachment hearing went off the rails in its first few minutes.

As witnesses were giving their opening statements, ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) wondered why Republican witnesses were allowed to attend remotely while Democratic witnesses were not allowed to in the past.

"To be able to testify remotely requires a letter from me and approval from the majority leader, which we have," Chair James Comer (R-KY) replied.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) asked for a parliamentary inquiry into evidence one of the witnesses had referred to.

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"Mr. Chairman, Mr. [Tony] Bobulinski just referred to text messages that I believe he is referring to photos of a BlackBerry," Goldman explained before being interrupted.

"What's your parliamentary inquiry?" Comer demanded. "State your parliamentary inquiry, because we've got a very important hearing here and we don't have time for stunts!"

"It's not a stunt!" Goldman insisted.

"You don't have a parliamentary inquiry," Comer said, moving on to the next witness.

Watch the video below from House Oversight.