Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin (Screenshot)

On his nationally syndicated radio talk show Monday, host Mark Levin suggested that the time has come for a special counsel to investigate the FBI, saying that the reported gap in 50,000 exchanged text messages is “worse than the 18-minute gap that they used to mock Richard Nixon about” and that the text messages that we do have are “damning.”

“50,000 text messages missing – a critical gap, a critical gap,” stated Mark Levin. “This is worse than the 18-minute gap that they used to mock Richard Nixon about, and his secretary Rosemary whatever her name was. Oh, yes, yes, yes. I remember when this stuff used to matter. And the text messages that we do have are damning of the senior levels of the FBI, are damning of FBI interference in the last election at the highest levels, are damning of the intelligence agencies and the NSA.”

Levin’s comments came after Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed Monday that “[m]ore than 50,000 texts were exchanged between two FBI officials who have come under fire for exchanging anti-Trump messages during the 2016 election,” reported Fox News. “The figure surfaced as lawmakers have been pressing for answers after revelations that the FBI ‘failed to preserve’ five months of texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.”

Below are Levin’s remarks from his show Monday: