Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffOvernight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE (D-Calif.) called the latest allegations against President Trump “the most disturbing to date” after reports that the president asked former FBI Director James Comey to stand down on federal investigations into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Schiff said in a Tuesday evening statement that allegations reported by The New York Times that Trump asked Comey to “see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” paint an “alarming portrait of a President potentially interfering with, or worse, obstructing, the progress of the Russia investigation.”

The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee urged that lawmakers must see Comey’s notes from his February meeting with the president and suggested that the memos can be “subpoenaed if necessary.”

Schiff: “an alarming portrait of a President potentially interfering with, or worse, obstructing, the progress of the Russia investigation” pic.twitter.com/S8d4c6skyf — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 17, 2017

Schiff also reiterated that he wants Comey to testify before Congress.

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Earlier, Schiff told reporters that Comey “needs to come back before the Congress and share with the public what conversations he had with the president that may bear on whether there was any effort to obstruct the investigation or impede it in any way.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamThe Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters Senate Democrats' campaign arm announces seven-figure investment to boost Graham challenger Graham: Comey to testify about FBI's Russia probe, Mueller declined invitation MORE (R-S.C.) reportedly said Tuesday that he invited Comey to testify publicly at a Senate hearing following the Times report.

In his Tuesday statement, Schiff added that the report strengthens the need for a special prosecutor for the investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election “to ensure that prosecutorial decision are fully insulated from any White House effort to interfere.”