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[Star Wars] In Rogue One, Mon Mothma says her intentions are to extract Galen Erso to have him testify in front of the Imperial Senate. Could this have actually accomplished anything?

Especially since the Senate is dissolved and Alderaan is destroyed days after she makes this statement. What did she think would happen if she got Galen to testify?
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It's possible she could have gotten control of the death star taken away from the Moffs and placed under the Senate. Unfortunately she was already expelled from the Senate for her ties to the rebellion and legally speaking the Senate was toothless. At best she could have swayed a few fence sitters to pick a side before alderaan is destroyed. She was grasping at straws and not ready to face the reality of open warfare and assassination being the only recourse left for the alliance as the last few diplomatic avenues were being closed.