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Sen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGOP shifts focus to investigating Obama officials Hillicon Valley Presented by NCTA Huawei lashes out, says US has 'loser's attitude' | Koch group attacks Warren plan for tech crackdown | New bipartisan push to end NSA surveillance program Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to end NSA's mass phone data collection program MORE (R-Ky.)said Wednesday that lawmakers should investigate former President Obama, suggesting that he could have played a role in the years-long Russia investigation that concluded over the weekend.

In a tweet, the senator suggested that Congress should probe the origins of the now-concludedspecial counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties with the Trump campaign, seemingly suggesting that Obama was involved in the FBI probe that predated it.

"I agree with @kimguilfoyle Time for Congress to investigate. What did President Obama know and when? How did this hoax go on for so long unabated?" Paul asked.

I agree with @kimguilfoyle Time for Congress to investigate. What did President Obama know and when? How did this hoax go on for so long unabated? https://t.co/fgJZaqR6cI

Obama reportedly was informed by the FBI in 2016 thatthe bureauwas investigating Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 election, but, according to former Vice President Biden's telling,Obama was warned against going public with the investigation by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellThe Memo: GOP frets as Trump squanders advantages GOP shifts focus to investigating Obama officials Ocasio-Cortez shuts down town hall audience member after they call GOP lawmaker a 'moron' MORE (R-Ky.).

Obama, during his tenure,said he confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin aboutRussian interference in the 2016 election. The former president, according to The New York Times, saidhe toldPutin to cut it out, there were going to be serious consequences if he did not.

The FBI's probe of the campaign began following comments former Trump campaign adviser George PapadopoulosGeorge Demetrios PapadopoulosGOP shifts focus to investigating Obama officials Papadopoulos on working for Trump: 'I wouldn't change a thing' Five things to watch at Trump's Michigan rally MORE reportedly made to Australian diplomats about Russia's theft of emails from the Democratic National Committee in May 2016.

The New York Times reported in 2018 that Papadopoulos's comments led to the FBIs counterintelligence investigation into Russian interference, which evolved into the special counsel probe after President TrumpDonald John TrumpMigrants cleared from enclosure beneath El Paso bridge after outcry North Korea calls for probe into 'terror attack' on embassy in Spain Buttigieg: 'I have enormous respect' for Hillary Clinton MORE fired former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyWhat did Mueller know? Dems worry Mueller findings could expand executive power Questions mount over Mueller, Barr and obstruction MORE in 2017.

Trump and his allies have repeatedly attacked the Mueller investigation as a partisan effort toundermine his presidency.

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