WASHINGTON – Former GOP House Speaker GOP Newt Gingrich called on Republicans to “abolish” the Special Counsel investigation into any Trump campaign ties to Russia.

Gingrich is breaking with the majority of Capitol Hill Republicans who had widely praised the credibility of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to fairly and thoroughly investigate Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and potential obstruction of justice charges against President Trump.

“I think this is going to be a witch hunt,” Gingrich told “Fox News Sunday.”

Gingrich said the investigation is “tainted” since former FBI Director James Comey admitted Thursday he leaked his memos about his meetings with President Trump to the New York Times in effort to spark the appointment of a special counsel.

“It is very clear that Comey hates Trump,” Gingrich added in an interview Sunday with John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York.

It’s “nonsense” to think Mueller will be “neutral,” Gingrich told Fox News Sunday. The former presidential candidate said the team Mueller is assembling will be “dangerous” to Trump.

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel, however, says Mueller’s work should continue – but “quickly.” Instead, she called for an end to congressional probes investigating alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Trump was not under investigation in the Russia probe, Comey said. The president has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and said Friday he’d be “100 percent” willing to give sworn testimony to Mueller regarding his one-on-one meetings with Comey.