Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) asserted on Tuesday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE perjured herself when testifying before Congress about her private email server and accused the Obama administration of suppressing the FBI’s investigation.

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The FBI delivered a report to Congress on Tuesday providing details of the agency’s interview with Clinton, now the Democratic presidential nominee, conducted days before the end of its investigation. Shortly before the report arrived, Marino was asked in an interview on Fox News what he believed it would show.

“That she lied under oath to Congress when she came into testify” before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Marino responded. “And if she lied, she perjured herself. She lied to Congress, therefore she can be prosecuted and spend as long as 10 years in prison for doing that.”

“The director of the FBI, the Justice Department, in my opinion, they’re taking direction from the White House saying, ‘Do nothing about this,’” he added.

On Monday, Marino led a group of 35 GOP House members in calling on FBI Director James Comey to provide Congress with details on the agency’s interview with the former secretary of State. The FBI sent notes of the interview as part of its report on Tuesday.

That day two other House Republicans, Reps. Bob Goodlatte Robert (Bob) William GoodlatteNo documents? Hoping for legalization? Be wary of Joe Biden Press: Trump's final presidential pardon: himself USCIS chief Cuccinelli blames Paul Ryan for immigration inaction MORE (Va.) and Jason Chaffetz Jason ChaffetzThe myth of the conservative bestseller Elijah Cummings, Democratic chairman and powerful Trump critic, dies at 68 House Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records MORE (Utah), chairmen of the Judiciary and Oversight committees, respectively, called on the Justice Department to prosecute Clinton for perjury.

The intensifying attacks from Marino, a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE, and other GOP members come more than a month after the FBI closed its investigation into the server Clinton used while secretary of State and recommended against pressing charges.

It also coincides with Trump’s plummet in battleground state polls.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member of the Oversight Committee, blasted Republicans on Tuesday, calling the new efforts politically motivated.

“The FBI already determined unanimously that there is insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing,” Cummings said in a statement. “Republicans are now investigating the investigator in a desperate attempt to resuscitate this issue, keep it in the headlines, and distract from Donald Trump’s sagging poll numbers.”