McCarthy recommends Collins, Ratcliffe, Jordan to represent Trump in Senate impeachment trial
By Zack Budryk - 12/22/19 11:25 AM EST
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that GOP Reps. Doug Collins (Ga.), John Ratcliffe (Texas) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) should represent President Trump in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial.
“These are individuals I would actually pull in at the White House,†McCarthy told Fox’s Maria Bartiromo on “Fox News Futures,†adding “you want people that have been through this, understand it, been in the hearings even when they were in the basement,†referencing the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility where the initial closed-door House impeachment hearings took place.
All three members named by McCarthy were vocal defenders of Trump during the House’s impeachment hearings, including Collins, who is ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Jordan, who serves on the Judiciary panel and was also temporarily transferred to the House Intelligence Committee for its portion of the impeachment hearings.
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