Conservative Republican Reps. Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsTrump won't attend UN General Assembly in person, Meadows says McConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Overnight Health Care: Ex-Pence aide backs Biden over virus response | Trump's sharp words put CDC director on hot seat | Trump coronavirus adviser threatens to sue Stanford researchers MORE (N.C.) and Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanHouse passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus Republicans call for Judiciary hearing into unrest in cities run by Democrats Trump, GOP seek to rebut Democratic narrative on night one MORE (Ohio) are calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE to step down, citing recent leaks from the Justice Department and FBI.

"If Sessions can't address this issue immediately, then we have one final question needing an answer: When is it time for a new attorney general?" the two GOP lawmakers asked in an op-ed for The Washington Examiner.

"Sadly, it seems the answer is now," they continued.

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"It would appear he has no control at all of the premier law enforcement agency in the world."

The lawmakers went on to cite a New York Times story, published last week, that referenced intelligence community sources as saying a meeting between former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and an Australian diplomat kick-started 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 probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Republicans have long argued the unverified dossier compiled by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele led to the probe.

President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE and Republicans have said the probe is politically motivated.

Meadows and Jordan, the chairman and former chairman, respectively, of the House Freedom Caucus, have been two of the more vocal Republican voices to criticize Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling.

House Republicans have pounced on leaked text messages critical of Trump sent between FBI employees Peter Stzrok and Lisa Page during the 2016 campaign. Critics argued the texts were evidence of anti-Trump bias on the Mueller team.

Strzok was reassigned from the Mueller probe after the messages were revealed.