Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFEC flags McConnell campaign over suspected accounting errors Poll: 59 percent think president elected in November should name next Supreme Court justice Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' MORE (R-Ky.) said in a new interview that no select committee is needed to look into the Russian meddling in the US. presidential election.

McConnell in an interview that aired Monday with Kentucky Educational Television described Russian hacking as a "serious issue," according to The Washington Examiner.

But it "doesn't require" a special committee, he added.

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"We have a Senate Intelligence Committee and a House Intelligence Committee, run by knowledgeable, responsible people," McConnell said.

"There's no question that the Russians were messing around in our election. It is a matter of genuine concern and it needs to be investigated."

"In the Senate, we're gonna investigate that in what we call regular order," he said. The Kentucky Republican said he thinks the Senate Intelligence Committee is "fully capable of handling this." Some lawmakers are pushing for a select committee investigation into Moscow's meddling. They have been careful to cast calls for the probe as nonpartisan and focused on national security. Some lawmakers are pushing for a select committee investigation into Moscow's meddling. They have been careful to cast calls for the probe as nonpartisan and focused on national security.

McConnell during the new interview said if Russia were trying to help elect Trump, they made a "bad investment."

"Because look at who he is picking for his Cabinet," he said, citing retired Gen. James Mattis and Rep. Mike Pompeo.

McConnell also defended Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, Trump's nominee for secretary of State.