Rep. Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election House passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus Republicans call for Judiciary hearing into unrest in cities run by Democrats MORE (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that 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 had a "come to Jesus" moment over whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE.

In an interview with CNN's "New Day," Jordan said that Sessions had a "come to Jesus" moment after reading Jordan's Monday op-ed in which Jordan and fellow Rep. Matt Gaetz Matthew (Matt) GaetzLara Trump campaigns with far-right activist candidate Laura Loomer in Florida House to vote on removing cannabis from list of controlled substances The Hill's 12:30 Report: Sights and sounds from GOP convention night 1 MORE (R-Fla.) called for Sessions to appoint a special prosecutor to examine allegations surrounding the Clinton Foundation and the sale of Uranium One, as well as the 2016 FBI investigation into Clinton's handling of classified information while secretary of State.

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Sessions is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee later Tuesday, and the issue of a special counsel is likely to be brought up by senators.

"What we do know are all of the things that we have learned in the last few weeks on top of what Mr. Comey did in 2016, relative to the Clinton email investigation," Jordan said. "All of that combined certainly warrants a special counsel investigation."

Jordan used similar language Monday night in an interview with Fox News, calling the allegations that Clinton was involved in a scheme to sell a company with access to U.S. uranium to a Russian nuclear agency in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation "serious."

"It's amazing. Today we do an op-ed, and suddenly, the Department of Justice has had a come to Jesus moment and now there's going to be a special counsel, at least they're talking about a special counsel," Jordan said Monday.

“That's exactly what has to happen when you think about the things we've learned and how serious they are. The American people want answers, we want to give them those answers, and we think a special counsel's the way to go."

Democrats have countered that Clinton wasn't personally involved in the sale of the company, which was approved by the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, not just the State Department.

A report from The Hill earlier this month revealed that the Uranium One sale resulted in some U.S. uranium being shipped to Canada and Europe, despite promises from the Obama administration that it could not leave the U.S.

“The more that surfaces about this deal, the more questions it raises," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleySenate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg What Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Biden says Ginsburg successor should be picked by candidate who wins on Nov. 3 MORE (R-Iowa) said in a statement earlier this month. "It now appears that despite pledges to the contrary, U.S. uranium made its way overseas as a part of the Uranium One deal."