Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), the new leader of the House Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, once compared Moscow's hacking to Mexican singers campaigning for Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE.

“Harry Reid Harry Mason ReidSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Mellman: The likely voter sham Bottom line MORE and the Democrats brought in Mexican soap opera stars, singers and entertainers who had immense influence in those communities into Las Vegas, to entertain, get out the vote and so forth,” Conaway told The Dallas Morning News in early January. “Those are foreign actors, foreign people, influencing the vote in Nevada. You don’t hear the Democrats screaming and saying one word about that.”

While Conaway acknowledged in the interview that Russia hacked into the Democratic National Committee and targeted the former secretary of State's campaign, he said the Mexican entertainers show Moscow wasn’t the only foreign actor interfering in the election.

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Vicente Fernández, a famous Mexican singer, performed with the California-based band Los Tigres del Norte in Las Vegas after the third presidential debate. Clinton attended and thanked Fernández for performing a song he recorded during the campaign in support of the Democrat.

Conaway said the entertainers' “foreign influence” matched Russia’s hacking attempts to damage Clinton’s campaign.

“Sure it is, it’s foreign influence. If we’re worried about foreign influence, let’s have the whole story,” the Texas lawmaker said.

Conaway viewed Clinton’s strong election results in Nevada as a sign that the entertainer influenced the election.

“It worked really well in Nevada, as you see. Those folks are monster in the Hispanic community. They hold great sway,” Conaway told the newspaper.

Conaway will now be spearheading the House probe into Russia's involvement in the election.