Washington (CNN) A Republican congressman who used much of his allotted questioning time during former special counsel Robert Mueller's congressional hearing on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trump has been under consideration for a job within the administration, sources tell CNN.

"I agree with the chairman, this morning, when he said Donald Trump is not above the law. He's not. But he damn sure shouldn't be below the law, which is where volume two of this report puts him," Rep. John Ratcliffe said of Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election

The Texas Republican's statement was one of several from Trump's Republican allies on the Hill, who have questioned Mueller's handling of the investigation and his credibility.

Summer 2016: The releases begin

June 14, 2016 Democratic National Committee announces it's been hacked and blames Russia.

June 19, 2016 Assange asks the Ecuadorian embassy to beef up his Internet connection. Embassy staff give Assange technical support "for data transmission," according to the surveillance reports, and help install new equipment.

July 6, 2016 WikiLeaks asks Russian hackers for materials about Clinton "because the (Democratic National Convention) is approaching and she will solidify bernie (Sanders) supporters behind her after."

July 14, 2016 Russian hackers send encrypted files to WikiLeaks, titled "big archive." Assange meets for hours with German hackers Andrew Müller-Maguhn and Bernd Fix.

July 18, 2016 Republican National Convention kicks off in Cleveland. At the embassy, an Ecuadorian security guard abandons his post to receive a package outside the embassy from a man in disguise. WikiLeaks tells the Russian hackers they got the files.

July 22, 2016 WikiLeaks releases more than 20,000 internal files from the Democratic National Committee.



Sources: Surveillance logs obtained by CNN and the Mueller report.



Ratcliffe, who has served in Congress since 2015, argued during Mueller's hearing before the House Judiciary Committee that in the second volume of the report, Mueller offered "extra-prosecutorial analysis about crimes that weren't charged" and accused the former special counsel of breaking Justice Department regulations by doing so.

Ratcliffe has been under consideration for a job within the Trump administration, sources told CNN, including an intelligence or national security role. The congressman speaks with the President often, and Trump is a big fan of his, the sources said.

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