WASHINGTON – Republicans have denounced the impeachment inquiry as happening in "secret," a "sham," and a "Soviet-style process," but the 47 Republicans on the committees leading the investigation have access to the closed-door depositions.

There are currently three committees leading the interviews with current and former Trump administration officials. House Democrats seek to ask the officials about the conditioning of military aid to Ukraine on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's agreement to open investigations into Democrats – the allegation of which had kicked off the impeachment inquiry.

Republican outrage at the impeachment process came to a head yesterday when over three dozen Republican lawmakers stormed into the secure room in the Capitol basement where most of the hearings have been held.

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Their entrance into the secure room outraged Democrats, who accused Republicans of breaking House rules and also breaching House security by bringing their electronics inside.

House rules prevent members from other committees from taking part in the proceedings of another committee.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., told reporters the Republicans "may have brought in the Russians and the Chinese with electronics into a secure space."

Republicans claim they have not been able to access relevant documents and testimony from the impeachment hearings, but Democrats disagree and say Republicans have not shown up for the depositions.

Speaking to reporters outside the secure room, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., said that Republicans had access to all of the transcripts and documents.

“I guess when you’re desperate, you go back to complaining about the process,” she says. “And that's what they're doing.”

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Out of the 432 total members of the House, 103 members sit on the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committees, of which 47 members are Republicans.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as the House Minority Leader, is also allowed to take part in Intelligence Committee proceedings, as is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

According to a press release distributed by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., about 41 Republican lawmakers were scheduled to take part in the protest.

Of those, 13 were members of the three committees. Other participants in the protest, like Reps. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., have been stripped of their committee memberships because they are under indictment.