In a statement issued Tuesday, Gaetz said the former prosecutor showed contempt for the process when he “incorrectly” asserted his Fifth Amendment rights and did not answer questions about his book on the probe.

“I believe Mr. Pomerantz engaged in misconduct in his targeting of President Trump, and his refusal to answer simple questions should not go unpunished,” Gaetz said.

In the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., set a vote to hold Wray, the Trump-appointed FBI director, in contempt for refusing to hand over documents containing an allegation about Joe Biden’s time as vice president that dates from the Trump administration. The contempt proceeding comes after the FBI allowed Comer and other members of the panel to review the documents.

Trump has made public overtures for others in Congress to defend him, such as when his attorneys sent a letter in April to Rep. Michael R. Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

At that time, then-Trump attorney Timothy C. Parlatore argued that the probe into Trump’s handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago should not be investigated as a crime.