Sen. Mike Lee Michael (Mike) Shumway LeeBipartisan representatives demand answers on expired surveillance programs McConnell shores up GOP support for coronavirus package McConnell tries to unify GOP MORE (R-Utah) said early Thursday that he would be surprised to hear former FBI Director James Comey testify that President Trump pressed him to end a federal investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

"I'm not sure, but that would surprise me," Lee said on CNN's "New Day" when asked what would happen if Comey testifies that Trump pressed him to back off the investigation into Flynn.

"I'm on the Judiciary Committee, and just a few weeks ago we had still-Director Comey come and testify. Someone asked him about political pressure and he said, 'This is something I haven't seen, something in my experience has not occurred.' "

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The Senate Intelligence Committee earlier this month said it was eager to hear Comey's testimony.

Comey could testify publicly as early as next week about his conversations with Trump, CNN reported Wednesday.

Recent reports said Comey is expected to testify that he believes Trump was trying to meddle in the FBI's investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election.

Lee said he hasn't personally seen Comey's memos related to Trump's reported requests to the former FBI director to end the investigation into Flynn.

"Those memos, if they exist, if he said those things, would seem to contradict his testimony," Lee said.

"So that'll be my first question ... 'How do you reconcile that memo, if in fact it does say that, with the testimony you provided with the committee in early May?' "

Lee said there are an "infinite number of possibilities" about what could happen.

"I'm not going to pre-judge the facts until I have them," he said. "But I will have a whole bunch of follow-up questions for him if these things turn out to be the case."