GOP Sen. Mike Lee Michael (Mike) Shumway LeeMcConnell shores up GOP support for coronavirus package McConnell tries to unify GOP Davis: The Hall of Shame for GOP senators who remain silent on Donald Trump MORE (Utah) on Sunday compared special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's findings on obstruction of justice to Pinocchio's character from the movie, "Shrek the Third."

“The special counsel certainly was thorough," Lee said on CBS's "Face The Nation," before arguing that some pieces of the report are "a little bit odd."

"For example, when he talks about obstruction. I think it’s odd to say, 'I’m not going to make a recommendation, but I’m going to sound like I’m making a recommendation. There’s not evidence that I can point to but nonetheless I couldn’t get there even if I did.'

Sen. Mike Lee on Mueller's obstruction probe: "It's kind of strange to spend two years on that and then speak with the sort of tone that is reminiscent of Pinocchio in the movie 'Shrek 3'...It's full of double negatives. It's kind of confusing" https://t.co/v0c7sJ8kcM pic.twitter.com/qyWphp5m37 — CBS News (@CBSNews) April 21, 2019

"It's kind of strange to spend two years on that and then speak with the sort of tone that is reminiscent of Pinocchio in the movie 'Shrek 3,'" Lee said. "It's full of double negatives. It's kind of confusing."

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It's unclear what parallels Lee was drawing from the animated DreamWorks movie and Mueller's final report on his investigation into Russian interference and President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE. The character Pinocchio has a nose that grows whenever he lies and in the movie "Shrek 3" says lines such as, "I'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way with any amount of uncertainty that I undeniably do or do not know where he shouldn't probably be," in an effort to get around outright lying.

Mueller did not uncover evidence to conclude that collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow took place in the lead up to the 2016 election. However, the report notes that Mueller was unable to “conclusively determine” that no criminal conduct occurred in regards to obstruction of justice. It also detailed several possible instances of obstruction of justice that the special counsel probed.