Democrats are upset by Attorney General William Barr's comments that members of the FBI were spying on the Trump campaign when they should be more upset that a presidential administration was "intruding" into the 2016 election, Rep. Doug Collins, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Friday.
"We've seen that political bias," the Georgia Republican told Fox News' "America's Newsroom." "He is being honest here and moving on to the (special counsel Robert) Mueller report, and we'll confirm what we already know."
Collins said he does think that Mueller reset the story when he spoke of spying and it's a "good thing, (as) we've been talking about this from day one, not simply what the reports are."
Meanwhile, Democrats who wanted to get the Mueller report finished are not happy with it because they don't like its conclusions, so "they are trying everything else."
Former FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday he did not know what Barr was talking about with comments about spying, because the FBI and Department of Justice were conducting court-ordered surveillance. Collins said it is "getting old for Comey" to continue to pop up.
"He is getting scrutinized for something he is a part of," said Collins. "He doesn't like the term of what was happening. He has to answer those questions again. His light will continue to fade."
Collins added that he thinks the difference between the words surveillance and spying are "a matter of wording."
"(Bill Barr) wanted to make sure he said it was spying," said Collins. "They were looking into a campaign and what was going on here."
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