The top-ranked Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is accusing Democrats of using their investigations of President Donald Trump to enhance their chances of winning the 2020 election.
"The advocacy is for a 2020 election. They have very liberal candidates who do not match with middle America, they do not match with the conservatives. And also just the independent voters in this country. They know that their message is off, so they're trying to distract and tear down the president," Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., said on Fox News.
"By doing so, they're also trying to tear down the attorney general, who made the right call, who presented everything he was supposed to. At this point in time, the question is how many people the Democratic Party will try to go after to make their point. What we're finding right now is as long as it's against the president, they don't care. Again, they are rushing to judgment."
Collins was discussing special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, which concluded that Trump did not conspire with the Russians to win. Mueller did not come to a decision on whether Trump obstructed justice, but Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said there was insufficient evidence to pursue a charge.
Mueller may testify about his findings with the House Judiciary Committee on May 15.
"Robert Mueller is going to testify to exactly what was in the report," Collins said. "If my Democratic colleagues would have cared to read the report — it appears that some of them haven't read the report, and I know they haven't read the less-redacted report which the attorney general made the accommodations for — they'll find there is no collusion, no charge to obstruction, and that's exactly what Robert Mueller would testify to."
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