Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) (Photo: Screen grab/CNN)

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Sunday he would not "advocate" for the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but he never would have advocated for Mueller's appointment in the first place:



"I have said all along I don't like special prosecutors. I think they have too much power and too much power to go far afield of the question."





Paul told CNN's "State of the Union" he does not agree with other Republicans who are now calling for a special prosecutor to look into alleged malfeasance among senior FBI officials:



And people asked me recently, should there be one for McCabe and Peter Strzok and Lisa Page? And I have said no, because I think what we have discovered is, first, when they went after Bill Clinton, now when they have gone after President Trump, that the prosecutor has too much power to do whatever they want.



And they're looking at people's tax returns from 20 years ago. I really think that it -- the power is so unlimited that it's worrisome for the people on the receiving end."



Paul said it's a "real problem" that the FBI and the intelligence agencies have been "politicized."



And even our Founding Fathers recognized that bias would be a real problem. Madison said that men are not angels.



And that's why what I have been advocating for is a bigger reform to a bigger question. And that is that nobody be should be left to their own devices -- McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page. They shouldn't be allowed to search databases on Americans without first asking a judge.



So, this goes to a real reform question, not just the politics of the day, but a reform question. Should individual agents who may be biased against President Trump or may be biased against Hillary Clinton, frankly, should they be able to use the apparatus, this powerful apparatus, to politicize a process?



Now, this is a real problem. I think James Comey started this when he went after Hillary Clinton, frankly. And now it's turned its head, and now they're going against Trump.



Really, the FBI needs to stay out of political affairs. Do we want to be a banana republic, where every time someone leaves office, we're prosecuting the people who left office? I think it's a terrible thing, and it's really hurt the FBI. And I think it started with James Comey, frankly.



Paul was invited onto the show to discuss his opposition to Mike Pompeo as the next Secretary of State and Gina Haspel as the next CIA director.



Paul said he opposes Pompeo because he's an advocate for regime change in "North Korea, Iran, Russia, you name it...But I don't think our policy ought to be for regime change. And so I think Pompeo really isn't a good fit to be a diplomat or to be the chief diplomat."



Paul said he opposes Haspel because of her involvement in torture while running a secret prison in Thailand.



The senator has threatened to filibuster Trump's nominees.