Well the committee is doing exactly that knowing full and well there can be no real cross examination. It's not a situation that any one of us would want to have to go through for any accusations of any kind.
This is not the first time we have seen a crime pinned on an innocent person. Let's go to a well known book we should all be familiar with.
Dinesh D'Souza has an interesting view that this is like the famous book "To Kill A Mockingbird" and is happening all over again only the script is flipped. Atticus is the two republicans on the committee of nine (Uh oh, that's a problem right there since they are not really representing him at all). The angry white racist town members are the democrats now in power and those that make up the majority of the committee. And of course we have the black man named Tom Robinson who was accused of raping a white woman even though he did no such thing. In this case Tom would be equivalent to Trump.
At least Tom had Atticus on his side to represent him faithfully and honestly to the best of his ability. Trumps Atticus is a woman who hates him to the bone and was hand picked by the prosecutors themselves and clearly is not representing him at all. I hope no one reading this finds themselves in that sort of dilemma for any reason. Keep in mind, you don't have to commit a crime to find yourself in this position.
In contrast to the book:
After the trial when the rage of the father (Bob Ewell) caused him to lash out against the black family and Jem and Scout for bringing details of his crime to light, Boo Radley decided to take action to protect the life of those innocent victims. I'll leave it up to you to determine who Boo Radley represents.
If you're not familiar with the story, here is a link to the summary of it for more context. It's a classic though.
To Kill A Mocking Bird Summary