{"id":42775,"date":"2019-09-18T11:39:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42775"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T23:20:08","slug":"trump-flunky-lewandowski-admits-lying-to-the-media-aka-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42775","title":{"rendered":"Trump Flunky Lewandowski Admits Lying to the Media, AKA the American People"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday the House Judiciary Committee tried to get former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to respond a few questions about his interactions with Donald Trump. It predictably descended into a chaotic spectacle of deflection, lies, and bogus claims of “privilege”<\/em> in order to avoid providing honest answers to simple questions. Lewandowski demonstrated a keen ability to parrot the obnoxious rhetorical patter of Trump as he showed complete disrespect for the truth.<\/p>\n

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In his testimony, Lewandowski repeatedly tried to claim that he could simply refuse to answer questions because Trump asked him not to. That has no basis in the law or reason. In fact, it is brazen contempt of Congress, which members of the Committee are reviewing to determine whether or not to press charges. Lewandowski also implicated himself and Trump in a conspiracy to obstruct justice by putting pressure on then-Attorney General Jeff sessions to drop or otherwise hamstring the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.<\/p>\n

However, the most striking remarks by Lewandowski came when he was asked by the Committee’s legal counsel, Barry Berke, about comments he made on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber<\/em>. Lewandowski told Melbar that he had no conversations with Mueller regarding Trump’s efforts to interfere with the investigation. But, as Berke got Lewandowski to admit, that was not true. Then, in his defense, Lewandowski said that “I have no obligation to be honest with the media.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lewandowski admitted that he lied to the media and the American people.<\/p>\n

Here it is in his own words. pic.twitter.com\/dsAhlqqycm<\/a><\/p>\n

— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) September 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n