Peter King through the years

Joseph Mondello, left, congratulates Peter King and Dave Levy, both congressional winners, on Nov. 3, 1992.

From left to right: State Senator Dean Skelos, Nassau GOP Chairman Joe Mondello and Congressman Peter King celebrate victory at at the Nassau GOP election rally at Wheatley Tavern in Westbury on November 8, 1994.

Congressman Peter King laughs during a speech at a meeting of Seaford Republicans at the Knights of Columbus Hall on September 26, 2002 in Seaford.

Congressman Peter King poses with a sheet of uncut new $20 bills at the Federal Bureau of Printing and Engraving in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2004. 

Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney; Suffolk County GOP Chairman John Jay LaValle, second from right; and Rep. Peter King, right, exit Trump Tower after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at the Manhattan skyscraper on Dec. 15, 2016. King, a member of the Homeland Security Committee, and Lavalle were early surrogates for Trump.

President George W. Bush signs the Secure Fence Act of 2006 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Oct. 26, 2006, in Washington, D.C. Behind Bush from left are: Rep. Peter King, House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, President Barack Obama, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, and Rep. Peter King walk down the steps on the House side of the U.S. Capitol after the Friends of Ireland luncheon March 20, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes questions from the media with Rep. Peter King in Islip on April 28, 2017.

Sen. Alfonse D'Amato speaks with Rep. Peter King, center, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Tuesday, Aug 1, 2017, during D'Amato's 80th birthday celebration.

Congressman Peter King and Lee Zeldin, were among those who arrived with president Donald J. Trump at Long Island MacArthur Airport on July 28, 2017.

President Donald Trump and Rep. Peter King during a visit to Long Island's Morrelly Homeland Security Center in Bethpage to discuss gang violence with local leaders on May 23, 2018.

Freddy Cuevas, left, and Evelyn Rodriguez, mother of MS-13 victim Kayla Cuevas, meet with representative Peter King during a town hall forum with incumbent Peter King and his challenger Liuba Gretchen Shirely, at the Bay Shore Brightwaters Public Library Sept. 8, 2018.

Representatives Lee Zeldin and Peter King outside St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Brentwood during the funeral of Evelyn Rodriguez, Sept. 21, 2018.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and New York Congressman Peter King rally for a Senate vote to pass the bipartisan, already-passed house bill for Universal Gun Background Check legislation on Aug. 5, 2019 in Westbury.