Sen. Ron Wyden Ronald (Ron) Lee WydenHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Democratic senators ask inspector general to investigate IRS use of location tracking service MORE (D-Ore.) late Wednesday drew comparisons between President Trump's alleged attempts to interfere in the FBI's probe into Russian election meddling and the Watergate scandal.

Wyden was asked on MSNBC about the prepared opening statement former FBI Director James Comey is set to deliver Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

"If what Director Comey says in his opening statement is true, if the president directly urged him to drop the investigation into [former national security adviser] Mike Flynn," host Rachel Maddow said.

ADVERTISEMENT

"That is Watergate-level material," Wyden interjected. "That particular point you're making about Mike Flynn. It's just that serious."

In another interview on CNN, Wyden was pressed on whether he believes Trump may have obstructed justice.

"That's going to be a topic for lawyers," he said. "But I'll tell you, if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it just might be a duck."