Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Friday downplayed President Trump’s complaint that the special counsel investigating Russia’s election meddling is a “witch hunt,” but agreed that the move could uncover things that the Trump administration would rather keep covered.

“All special prosecutors turn over a lot more rocks than anybody else in the executive branch wants,” Issa said. “The reason that the old statute… the Kenneth Star statute, expired was because of that tendency to turn over rocks even without being asked.”