Republican lawmakers are slamming the White House for considering Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request to interview Americans who his government has accused of dubious crimes.

During his summit with President Donald Trump on Monday, Putin proposed allowing the U.S. to question the 12 Russian officials indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe in exchange for letting Russia interview 11 Americans. Trump called the proposal “an incredible offer.”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tweeted Thursday that “under no circumstances” should Putin officials be allowed to “‘question’ Americans on their list.”

Under no circumstances should #Putin officials ever be allowed to come into the U.S. & “question” Americans on their list. I don’t believe this will ever be allowed to happen which is why the ⁦@WhiteHouse⁩ should publicly & unequivocally rule it out. https://t.co/bLDGJsSodi — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 19, 2018

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that Trump was considering the exchange, despite swift backlash from diplomats and Democratic lawmakers.

“The president is going to meet with his team, and we’ll let you know when we have an announcement on that,” Sanders said. “There was some conversation about it, but there wasn’t a commitment made on behalf of the United States.”

In a statement Thursday, Sanders said Trump “disagrees” with Putin’s proposal.

“Hopefully President Putin will have the 12 identified Russians come to the United States to prove their innocence or guilt,” she said.

NEW: White House says President Trump "disagrees" with Putin proposal to allow Russians interrogate U.S. citizens: pic.twitter.com/tM0lBXU07s — Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) July 19, 2018

Among the 11 Americans on Putin’s list are former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and financier Bill Browder, an outspoken Kremlin critic.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CNN on Thursday that it would be “absurd” to allow Russia to question Americans over the unfounded charges.

Sen. Lindsey Graham says Russia's request to interrogate US citizens is "absurd": For "the administration to even entertain this shows to me how naive they are about what is actually going in Russia" https://t.co/DjuJrYu5eA https://t.co/auuxDORZtk — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 19, 2018

“I don’t think there is one member of Congress on either side of the aisle that believes it is remotely smart to require our former ambassador, Mr. Browder or any other person to submit to interviews by Putin’s government,” Graham said. “There is no rule of law in Russia ― there’s just the rule of Putin.”

“The concept of letting American citizens being investigated for crimes that are just, I think, jokes is absurd,” he added. “The administration to even entertain this shows to me how naive they are about what’s actually going on in Russia.”

Browder spearheaded the Magnitsky Act, a 2012 law that bars Russian officials suspected of human rights abuses from the U.S.

“Anything that begins that process is a death sentence for me,” Browder told CNN on Thursday. “Putin is really, really mad and he really wants to get his hands on me.”

This article has been updated with additional comment from Sanders.

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