Welcome to The Investigation. I'm your co-host, Chris Vlasto, senior executive producer here at ABC News.

I'm joined by John Santucci, senior editorial producer. And we're joined here today with Barbara Comstock, former congresswoman from Virginia.

But before that, she served as chief Republican counsel for

the House Oversight Committee and is now an ABC News consultant.

Barbara, when I watch these hearings today, I actually think that the Democrats really did not

do a good job at telling a story for the American people to grab on to this impeachment.

I mean, for lack of a better term, it was just boring.

What do you think?

I would agree.

They, you know, last week, and really, this is why the Judiciary Committee wasn't initially

given the hearings. Last

week, it was very dull, kind of lost people's interest. And I think because each side is very

partisan, but when you're the defense side, the Republican side, that's what you're supposed to do.

But when you're the prosecutor, when you're presenting the case, you should be showing pictures, you should be showing evidence, you should be putting it up on the wall so everyone can see it.

You should be telling a story that's somehow understandable.

And I think they have really failed at that.

I think that's why Nancy Pelosi went out so quickly after last week's hearing to say we're moving forward, and now they want to move forward very quickly.

But, you know, I understand the problem that Nancy Pelosi had, that she knew that Jerry Nadler's hearings had been a disaster when Corey Lindowski were there.

And then, so she took it out of Jerry Nadler's hands and gave it to Adam Schiff.

His committee seemed to have, but that was the drama per se. But now, but I think the American

people are phasing out already. I don't, as the TV producer in me tells me that you've got to

keep holding your audience and they're actually

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