Gingrich's comments came as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of an official impeachment probe into President Donald Trump.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that he believes top levels of the Obama administration knew President Donald Trump's campaign was spied upon in 2016.

The former House speaker doesn't see the Democrats on an upward trajectory.

'Only in a work of fiction can Gingrich credibly address the true danger of Russian meddling in our politics.'

'This is the first deliberate attempt of a coup d’etat by the deep state we’ve ever seen,' former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.

'The targeted documents may provide the most damning evidence to date of potential abuses.'

'It has nothing to do with the truth. It has nothing to do with justice.'

To date, only 35 non-citizens have registered to vote, although California allows voters to sign up on election day.

'The whole thing was absurd.'

'Our higher education system is one of our greatest assets. Yet we do too little to defend it.'