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In an interview with “Fox & Friends” Tuesday morning, House Judiciary Committee Ranking member Doug Collins (R-GA) slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for conducting a partisan impeachment process when for years she ruled impeachment off the table.

“There’s nothing compelling about this case. It’s definitely not overwhelming and the only interesting part about this is bipartisan was bipartisan against it,” Collins argued.

“Here’s what changed: she looked at the field of the Democratic candidates I believe and said ‘uh-oh we’re gonna lose again in November next year. We’ve got to tag impeachment on him.”

In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal Monday Collins slammed Pelosi for her ‘weak’ case for impeaching President Donald Trump.

“Compelling, overwhelming and bipartisan: These are the criteria Speaker Nancy Pelosi drew as she publicly announced last March that she wouldn’t support impeachment,” Collins wrote.

“Back then she claimed impeaching the president with anything less would be divisive and irresponsible. Ten months later, however, Mrs. Pelosi has transmitted two articles of impeachment that fail to meet any of her criteria, let alone those of the Founders.”

Collins will be part of the President’s House defense team which includes Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Mark Meadows (R-NC), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Mike Johnson, and Debbie Lesko (R-AZ).

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s impeachment timeline will allow each side two days with twelve hours each day to present opening statements. Senators will have sixteen hours for written questions with four hours of debate time.

The decision to call other witnesses will then be made. Finally, the Senate will vote on the impeachment articles.