Nunes: 'Pervy' Dems asked Hope Hicks about love life

Hope Hicks at a Donald Trump rally Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Alabama (Fox News screenshot)

Is this what Americans want representing them in Washington: "A bunch of old pervy congressmen"?

That's what they've got, according to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.

He was being interviewed on Fox News about a demand this week by majority House Democrats that former White House adviser Hope Hicks respond to questions in another deposition.

"I think it's very bizarre to have a bunch of old, pervy congressmen asking somebody who has no new information about her love life," he said.

"My sources that were inside … said it was quite embarrassing to watch. The Democratic congressmen essentially asked Hope Hicks about her love life.

"I think the American people would be ashamed."

The Democrats are continuing to probe issues already resolved by the two-year-long investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.

His work was triggered by Democratic-funded, political-opposition research from Russian sources during the 2016 campaign. Mueller concluded the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia, and he brought no charges of obstruction of justice.

Since then, while Republicans demand a full investigation into how the false accusations were brought by the Barack Obama administration, Democrats have continued to insist there was collusion.

They want to interview Mueller, the president's lawyer and many other Trump figures, including Hicks.

See the interview:

Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh joined in Nunes' criticism.

"Some Democrat committee is trying to do a redo here on Trump-Russia collusion," he said. "They wanted to bring in Hope Hicks. They brought in Hope Hicks, and the White House told her she's not answering questions about any of this because the White House is telling the Democrats, 'You don't get a do-over! You got 2-1/2 years to make this phony case and you bombed out and you failed.'"

Limbaugh charged that members of Congress "call actresses in there under the guise that they played poor farm wives."

"They bring these actresses in. There's [no] other way would they ever be able to meet them and talk to 'em. These aging, Jurassic Park Democrats bring these hot babes in under the pretense of getting to the bottom of something and promoting something – and all they really want to do is ogle 'em, and that’s what Devin Nunes says."

But Nunes said that, eventually, Americans will know the truth about the Obama administration scheme to make allegations against people, leak the information to reporters and then use their reports to substantiate the claims.

"We'll get the full picture," Nunes said, pointing out that there already have been eight criminal referrals sent to the Department of Justice.

The big question, he said, is "how many people ultimately will be prosecuted."