Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski stonewalls and mocks furious Democrats as he becomes the first star witness of their bid to impeach the president – who praises him on Twitter and says ‘Thank you Corey!’
Corey Lewandowski stonewalled Democrats who were questioning him about possible obstruction of justice charges against Donald Trump
‘I think that this fake Russia collusion narrative is the greatest crime committed against the American people in our generation if not ever,’ he said
Lewandowski took a combative and aggressive stance from the start of his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
Trump praised Lewandowski’s opening statement, calling it ‘beautiful’
Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler charged the president with obstructing House Democrats’ investigation into his administration
‘President Trump now appears to be using the powers of his office to obstruct all investigations by the only branch of the federal government currently capable of holding him accountable,’ Nadler wrote to the White House counsel
White House counsel told committee Lewandowski would not to discuss conversations he had with Trump about government matters
White House forbid former aides Rob Porter and Rick Dearborn from testifying
Lewandowski is mulling a New Hampshire Senate bid
By EMILY GOODIN, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER
DAILYMAIL.COM
17 September 2019
Corey Lewandowski on Tuesday stonewalled Democrats who were questioning him about possible obstruction of justice charges against Donald Trump as the president praised his former campaign manager’s tough stance.
Lewandowski took a combative and aggressive stance from the start of his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, which he could also use as a launch pad for a Senate bid.
The former Trump campaign manager offered a strong defense of the president, claiming he was a victim of ‘haters’ and resisted Democrats’ efforts to ask him about his conversations with the president.
The hearing is part of the Democrats’ strategy to prove there is enough evidence to impeach President Trump and they’ve issued a round of subpoena to witnesses from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to help make their case to the American people.
Lewandowski’s more than four hours before the panel had its share of made-for-TV moments as he resisted their efforts to implicate Trump and snapped back at many of their questions.
In one of those moments, he mocked Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell, who suggested Lewandowski was ‘ashamed’ to read his own words from Mueller’s report that were projected on a screen in the room.
‘Why don’t you want to read it Mr. Lewandowski?’ the congressman for California asked.
‘I think you should afford me the same privilege you gave Mr. Mueller,’ he responded, referring to Mueller’s June testimony before the committee, where he did not have to read from his report.
‘Are you ashamed of the words you wrote down,’ Swalwell asked.
Lewandowski then called him ‘President Swalwell,’ in his response, alluding to the congressman’s failed presidential bid.
‘President Swalwell – I’m very happy with what I’ve written but you’re welcome to read it if you like,’ he said.
And when Swalwell pressed him if he was ashamed of what he wrote, Lewandowski pushed back: ‘I’m not ashamed of anything in my life. Are you?’
Swalwell also asked about Lewandowski’s testimony to Mueller, where he stated he kept notes from his conversations with President Trump in a safe.
‘It’s a big safe congressman. There’s a lot of guns in there,’ Lewandowski said.
But Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal got in a shot at her own at Lewandowski during her questioning period.
‘You are not yet in the Senate. You are a witness before the Judiciary Committee. Please act like it,’ she told him, referring to speculation he may run for New Hampshire’s Senate seat next year.
The lawmaker from Washington state appeared to rattle Lewandowski when she asked him if he lied to Mueller’s investigators or to the president.
‘Not to the best of my recollection, no,’ he told her.
She then asked him about a tweet from Trump in April, after the Mueller report came out, when the president wrote: ‘Statements are made about me by certain people in the Crazy Mueller Report, in itself written by 18 Angry Democrat Trump Haters, which are fabricated & totally untrue.’
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