Collins statement on DOJ's continued willingness to negotiate with Judiciary Democrats

WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to the Justice Department’s openness to continuing to accommodate Judiciary Democrats’ demand for documents. “After racing to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt, Chairman Nadler finally seems ready to join the Justice Department at the negotiating table. When Judiciary Democrats wield subpoena power like a sword instead of a plow, their investigations bear little fruit. The House Intelligence Committee has shown us that working with the Justice Department in good faith yields documents. Abusing subpoena and contempt authority, however, has left the Judiciary Committee with little to show for its obsessively unreasonable demands. A panel of majority witnesses testified Democrats held the attorney general in contempt for a subpoena that directed him to break the law, and now the chairman seems to admit the same subpoena was also impossibly broad. While I welcome this revelation, it’s unfortunate that it arrived after the House scheduled a floor vote based on a baseless recommendation to hold the attorney general in contempt.”