re: This sham of a closed hearing would be similar to this...

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All I'm arguing is the legal basis for what is going on right now.

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Hearings are generally public, but they could be closed pursuant to regular House rules that allow the committee to agree, by holding a vote in public session with a majority of the committee present, to close a hearing for three specific reasons: the evidence or testimony would endanger national security, compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or would tend to “defame, degrade, or incriminate the witness.” 29 Again, the resolution authorizing an impeachment investigation could alter these procedures

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The primary mechanism by which an investigating committee can and has chosen to limit access
to inquiry information is through the use of executive—or closed—session. Under House Rule
XI, clause 2(g)(1), a committee can operate in executive session by majority vote, a quorum being
present, to restrict attendance at a business session to only committee members or others
authorized by the committee.38

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38 Clause 2(g)(1) of the rule specifies that entering into executive session is warranted when “disclosure of matters to be
considered would endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, would tend to
defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or otherwise would violate a law or rule of the House.”

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it seems like they're way outside of their "legal basis"

what is the committee's resolution on this matter, currently?