House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthyTrump asked Chamber of Commerce to reconsider Democratic endorsements: report The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - White House moves closer to Pelosi on virus relief bill Trump's sharp words put CDC director on hot seat MORE (R-Calif.) said in an interview late Saturday that Democrats are trying to make the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Andrew George McCabeGraham: Comey to testify about FBI's Russia probe, Mueller declined invitation Barr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe MORE a political issue.

“I know a lot of Democrats are trying to make this a political problem, but it's not,” McCarthy told Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro. “An independent, nonpartisan inspector general found the information of McCabe lying.”

McCarthy said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE fired McCabe only after the nonpartisan report from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility.

Sessions said McCabe was fired for providing the press with unauthorized information and not being forthcoming with investigators looking into the matter. Sessions fired McCabe two days before he was set to retire.

McCabe has said he had the authority to share the information and argued that his dismissal was part of a larger plot to diminish 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 investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election.

McCarthy also argued on Fox that former FBI Director James Comey James Brien ComeyDemocrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate Book: FBI sex crimes investigator helped trigger October 2016 public probe of Clinton emails Trump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa MORE should be worried about McCabe saying he had the authority to share the information.

“If I was Comey I would be worried. He said in there when he leaked to The Wall Street Journal that it was on the authority of the director and they knew they were doing it,” McCarthy said.

“Well that's [the] direct opposite of what Comey told Congress in May 2017 when he was asked the question regarding a Trump or [Hillary] Clinton investigation, 'did you ever authorize anybody to leak information,' he said 'no, never,' ” McCarthy added.

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Democrats have called for hearings following McCabe's termination. Some have offered to hire him so he can quality for his pension.

President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE has celebrated McCabe’s firing and said the former FBI official was biased against him.

McCabe’s firing also has some Democrats worried that Trump could move to fire Mueller next. They called on Congress to defend the special prosecutor after Trump’s personal lawyer said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE should end Mueller’s investigation.