In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union on Wednesday, Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA) was asked whether he had reflected on the numerous Russia investigations, including the Mueller special counsel probe, and whether they may have influenced President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint “disrupters” to his second Cabinet.

“I’m looking at these nominees: Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence, possibly Kash Patel to be head of the FBI, Gaetz at DOJ, RFK Jr. at HHS, and others. And, obviously, he is bringing a group of people to disrupt. I mean, that is what [House] Speaker [Mike] Johnson said,” Tapper began, though former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom Trump nominated to be his attorney general, took his name out of contention on Thursday.