As a military chaplain, Doug Collins safeguarded American souls. Now he is charged with protecting the president from his critics. The day is stretching on, and tempers are running hot in the House Judiciary Committee. President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, has been parrying questions from Democrats about the Robert Mueller probe for several hours. And Rep. Doug Collins, newly elevated as the committee’s top Republican, has been playing defense. “If you want to sit down there, you can go sit down there, but you’re not his lawyer,” Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who’s been spending time in Iowa and New Hampshire lately, snipes at Collins. The lanky Georgian fires back: “And if you had any questions actually related to this [hearing], instead of running for president, we could get this done!” | 