by Itunuoluwa Adebo

Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday there is “no need” for a special prosecutor to investigate alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 election or ties to the Trump campaign, pushing back on persistent Democratic calls for one in the wake of James Comey’s firing.

At Monday’s press briefing  Spicer said “There is no need for a special prosecutor. There are two congressional committees and the FBI is conducting their own review.”

Several Democrats since last week’s abrupt firing demanded that a special prosecutor be chosen to probe the Russia matter. Those calls have only mounted since Trump cited concerns about the Russia investigation in an NBC interview discussing his decision to remove Comey.

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But Spicer said Monday there was “no collusion with respect to the president himself.” Further, he said removing Comey was the “right thing” for the FBI and the country, even though Trump knew the move could “lengthen” the Russia probe. HeTquestioned why more resources should be brought into that investigation.

“You have a House committee, a Senate committee, an FBI review, I don’t know why you need additional resources when you already have three entities,” Spicer said.

Spicer also said the process of finding a replacement is running “completely as it should,” and being headed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein , whose memo on Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email case was cited by the White House as rationale for his firing.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, hinted last week that he had no intention of calling for a special prosecutor, but invited Rosenstein to brief the full Senate regarding the removal of Comey. Rosenstein accepted, and the briefing is set for Thursday.