Ohio representative on Jan. 6 circumstances and Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON (CBS, KYMA) - Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about the circumstances surrounding January 6.

Brennan said former FBI Director Christopher Wray was "twice spoken about in public statements" by President Donald Trump Saturday, and "he said he has some explaining to do," with the president seeming to be connecting it to the FBI and January 6.

This prompted Brennan to ask Rep. Turner if he is, at all, concerned about the former director's actions, to which he said:

"I do think that there...you know, with this new information, there's going to have to be some explaining [to do]...This does seem to be significantly different than what anyone has heard before, and how does this relate to the circumstances of what occurred there. Certainly, Kash Patel, as he's bringing this forward, this is going to be information that I think does relate. It really does go to everyone's confidence of what we currently know about that day. There's been a number of investigations, and a number of people who've looked at this. You know, this certainly is concerning...But it's the issue of, you know, what was their role? What did they do? You know, that aspect, I think certainly as we look at this information, as the FBI looks at the information, is it the same? Is it the same information that has been looked at before, or is it different? And that certainly bears review, and that, I think, will occur."

Brennan followed up by asking how Turner interprets what President Trump meant when he said former FBI Director Wray has "some explaining to do," to which the congressman said:

"I mean, obviously, the current FBI Director, and the FBI is going to have to come forward with the information. That information will be reviewed, and then, ultimately, the FBI is going to have to- and I think that the prior director will have to explain how this information relates to what we've looked at before. And it's either going to be the same and prove that it is as everyone believed the circumstances were before, or it's going to be different. And, at that point, we're going to have to look at, you know, how does it relate to what we believe we knew, and how does it relate to what we now see, what we don't know. Because I have no information, I think no one else has any additional information besides what the news reports are, and we'll have to review what that information is."

During the interview, Brennan and Turner talked about the ongoing war in Ukraine, with Trump saying he believes Ukraine could win the war and "get its territory back from Russia," but said he "he wishes everyone well" in his statement.

This lead Brennan to ask Turner if the president is saying the United States is walking away from Ukraine and leaving it up to them, or if the president is saying the United States is going to help Ukraine win its territory back from Russia, and Turner responded saying:

"We definitely need to help. And this is part of the dirty secret that really where the United States really needs to step it up, and it's part of the meeting that he had with the president of the EU Commission. You know, the United States is providing aid to Ukraine. But, at the same time, the West, the EU, and the United States is subsidizing Russia and its production machine, because, you know, we're buying from China and India that is buying energy from Russia, and the EU is buying energy from Russia. So we need to place sanctions on Russia so that we're not funding their economy, which is funding their ability to attack and kill Ukraine. So we're funding both sides of this. Unfortunately, there are those in Congress that want to stop supporting Ukraine's ability to defend themselves. Well, that'll just result in more attacks from Russia, as we saw last night, against Ukraine. That's not going to get us to peace. The only way to get us to peace, and Trump's vision of peace, is to impact their ability for production, to stop subsidizing Russia's economy and their ability for production and killing Ukrainians, and that's to adopt Lindsey Graham and Brian Fitzpatrick's bill that would impose sanctions. Give the President the ability to impact Russia's ability to wage this war and get us to peace."

To watch more with Brennan's interview with Turner, click here.