House Judiciary Chair Accepts None of Republicans’ Impeachment Witness Requests

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), left, and ranking member Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) participate in a committee hearing on impeachment in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 9, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) rejected all eight of Republicans’ requested witnesses, claiming they fall “outside the parameters of the impeachment inquiry.”

Ranking member Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and his Republican colleagues on the committee on Dec. 6 asked Nadler for eight witnesses, including the person who filed a complaint against President Donald Trump, former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, and Fusion GPS contractor Nellie Ohr, who helped compile the infamous Steele dossier at the center of the Russia probe.