House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthyMcCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment Kate Schroder in Ohio among Democratic challengers squelching GOP hopes for the House McCarthy's Democratic challenger to launch first TV ad highlighting Air Force service as single mother MORE (R-Calif.) on Thursday doubled down on his criticism of the Senate Intelligence Committee, calling it “wrong” for the GOP-led panel to issue a subpoena for Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE and urging it to reconsider its decision.

“I believe Donald Trump Jr. has already testified for hours, more than 20 hours. I believe it’s time to move on,” McCarthy told reporters at his weekly news conference. “I think they have it wrong.”

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Asked by a reporter from The Hill how Trump Jr. should respond to that subpoena, McCarthy said he hoped the Senate panel would reverse course.

“I think the committee ought to relook at it,” he said.

The Senate Intelligence Committee, led by North Carolina Republican Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrRep. Mark Walker says he's been contacted about Liberty University vacancy Overnight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign's Russia contacts posed 'grave' threat Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia MORE, shocked Washington on Wednesday by issuing a subpoena to compel Trump Jr. to testify before Congress as part of the panel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. It marked the first known subpoena of one of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE’s children.

Trump Jr. has already testified before the Senate panel in 2017 and was interviewed as part of 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 Russia probe. But new information has come to light since then, and Burr and other lawmakers want to question the president’s son about his involvement and knowledge of the president’s efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow before he won the White House.

McCarthy, who is close to President Trump and his children, also tweeted his frustration at the Intelligence panel late Wednesday: "@DonaldJTrumpJr has already spent dozens of hours testifying in front of Congressional committees. Endless investigations—by either party—won't change the fact that there was NO collusion. It's time to move on. It’s time to focus on ISSUES, not investigations."

He joins a chorus of House and Senate Republicans who’ve harshly criticized their fellow Republican, Burr, for issuing a subpoena for Trump Jr.

"Apparently the Republican chair of the Senate Intel Committee didn’t get the memo from the Majority Leader that this case was closed," tweeted Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulRand Paul says he can't judge 'guilt or innocence' in Breonna Taylor case Overnight Health Care: Health officials tell public to trust in science | Despair at CDC under Trump influence | A new vaccine phase 3 trial starts Health officials tell public to trust in science MORE (R-Ky.), referring to Sen. 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's (R-Ky.) comments earlier in the week.

Before winning his third Senate term in 2016, Burr said he wouldn't run for reelection in 2022.