Corey Lewandowski Makes Nadler Look Like a Fat, Petulant, Little Child
WASHINGTON — If former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski’s goal during Tuesday afternoon’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee was to stonewall and frustrate Democrats, he can safely proclaim his mission accomplished.
Lewandowski was summoned to testify by Democrats on the committee about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 election and subsequent efforts to obstruct investigations into such efforts. He had been issued subpoenas along with former top White House aides Rob Porter and Rick Dearborn.
Porter and Dearborn did not show up on Tuesday afternoon, with Porter’s attorney citing direction from White House counsel Pat Cipollone for him to refuse to testify.
~Questioned by the committee’s chairman, Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., about the June 19, 2017, meeting between Lewandowski and Trump, Lewandowski said he needed “the exact language of the report” to answer if the meeting had simply taken place.
“I don’t think I need to do that,” Nadler retorted.
Lewandowski insisted. “Congressman, I’d like you to refresh my memory,” he said, “by providing a copy of the report so I can follow along.” That led to a search for a printed copy of the report, which Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., produced. By then, however, Nadler’s five-minute questioning time was up, and Collins forced the committee to take a vote on whether Nadler was allowed to exceed that limit.
Lewandowski, who is considering running for the U.S. Senate from New Hampshire and who advertised a new website to aid in that bid during the hearing’s first recess, did not miss a beat: “Patriots,” he said, referencing the New England team.
“Patriots — so you’re pretty happy right now?” Collins went on.
“Tom’s a winner,” Lewandowski deadpanned, referencing Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
Exchanges like that assured that the question of obstruction of justice — which is critical for Democrats wishing to impeach the president — would receive short shrift on Tuesday afternoon. Democrats seemed acutely aware of that fact. “This is a House Judiciary, not a house party,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, chided Lewandowski later.
Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., did manage to substantively engage Lewandowski about the Oval Office meeting with Trump. Describing Lewandowski as an “enforcer” willing to break the law, Cohen wondered if Lewandowski found it “strange” to have the president ask him to pressure Sessions into curbing the Mueller investigation.
“I didn’t think the president asked me to do anything illegal,” Lewandoswki said, in one of the few exchanges that seemed to rattle him.
“You didn’t think that was illegal, to obstruct justice?” Cohen thundered.
As the Mueller report makes clear, Lewandowski ultimately did not deliver Trump’s message to Sessions. He did not do so, he told Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., because “I took my kids to the beach. That was more important.”
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What a GAGGLE OF FUCKING NUMBSKULLS....
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