Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday accused Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff of abusing his power by acquiring and publishing the phone records of his political opponents in the Trump impeachment inquiry.

The phone records, which showed calls between President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the Intelligence Committee’s top Republican Rep. Devin Nunes and conservative journalist Jon Soloman, were published as part of the Democrat’s impeachment report filed Tuesday.

“The act was brazen and shameful,” Paul said in a Fox News column, describing the release of the records as “absolutely outrageous.”

“While it may not have been illegal (because Congress writes its own rules on investigations) it certainly was wrong. It certainly tramples on rights normally held dear by the left,” the Kentucky Republican added.

Paul, 56, said the problem lied in Congress being able to write its own subpoenas unlike a normal court. He accused Schiff of “using his power to investigate political opponents.”

Normally, a party has to prove to a court and a second judge why an attorney’s phone records are crucial to a judicial proceeding, Paul wrote.

“Attorney-client privilege is assumed unless there is evidence of a crime by the attorney,” Paul wrote. “That didn’t happen here because Congress and Schiff don’t think they need to follow this standard.”

Reps for Schiff and the Intelligence Committee majority could not immediately be reached for comment.