Tucker Carlson revealed on Friday that a Democratic Congressman is using governmental resources to investigate Fox News to determine if his show has ties to Russia due to the television host’s recent statements questioning the narrative on the situation with Ukraine and Russia.

“We are not tied to Russia, of course,” the Fox News host said. “It’s a cable television program. He knows that. But that is not the point.”

“So in retaliation for that, [U.S. Rep.] Jim Cooper [D-Tenn.] has asked the intel agencies to dig up dirt on us,” Carlson said. “To be clear, that is not allowed. It is illegal to use the U.S. government to settle partisan scores or to silence opposition journalists.”