Weve got to look at for eight months e were doing this so i think following procedures is something you have to look at time is expired if he wishes. He doesnt wish. Good morning. The president who had no role in the white house asked you to deliver that message to Attorney General Sessions the president could have picked up the phone himself at any time and called the Attorney General. The president also had a full staff of executive employees right down the hall. So this made me wonder if the president thought what he was doing was legal why didnt he
just pick up the phone and call the Attorney General Sessions or why not ask any member of his staff who worked right down the hall to deliver a message . It is clear to me that he went to you is because everyone said no so i want to ask you about that. Two days before meeting you, the president called white House Counsel mcgahn on a saturday to fire the Special Counsel saying and you can see that on the screen, mueller has to go. Call m
Him through this committee for eight months. So i think following proceed sure is something that you have to look at because your idea is not really point of order. The time has expired. If he wishes. He doesnt wish. Good morning, mr mr. Lewandowski. Im questioning you right now. Thank you. The president asked you who had no role at all in the white house to deliver that message to Attorney General sessions. The president could have just picked up the phone himself at any time and called the Attorney General. The president also had a full staff of executive employees right down the hall. So this made me wonder. The president thought what he was doing was legal, why didnt he just pick up the phone and
call Attorney General sessions, or why not ask any member of his staff who worked right down the hall to deliver a message . It is clear to me that the reason he went to you, mr. Lewandowski, is because everyone said no. So i want to ask you about that. Two days before meeting you, the pre
that. is that right? yes. give us dates, we ll come in for an interview. yes. what happeneds next? about five weeks ago the committee issued a subpoena for my appearance is. willing to come voluntarily like for bob mueller, special counsel, 20-some hours, will to to do it all. and when they want an interview, all right, sure do it, and hit you with a subpoena. correct. then call you names. start treating you this way. kind of interesting. they re the one whose started it, slapped you with a subpoena when you were willing to come here voluntarily. i was. then the question, the demeanor you bring here today. i mean first they change the rules last week. in the middle of the congress. change the rules of the committee in the middle of the game and then today not even going to follow the rules? because the rules they changed last week talked about staff
general being barred from participating, speaking out about the russia investigation. the public didn t know about all of these attempts to influence the investigation at that time but what we did know, what everyone knew, that the president s campaign was under investigation and knew the attorney general couldn t touch it because he was a major part of the campaign. advised on national security matters and back in march had recused himself from anything having to do with the investigation. you didn t you weren t aware of that at all? that what he did in march and the fact he recused himself? i was aware of the attorney general s recusal. and so when the president asked you to deliver a speech that he wanted the attorney general, who could not participate in the investigation, couldn t talk about anything having to do with the investigation, he recused himself and the president asked you to deliver that word for word speech for him, that there
but asserting all of that privilege. he was, he s been difficult. can he get away with that? well, he is getting away with it. that s the irony here. i think one of the things, phrases you heard, say, listen, this privilege i know is not mine. kept saying the privilege is not mine. he s right about that, because executive privilege is not perspective. you actually have to assert it, have to say what it s pertaining to and under the umbrella for the purpose of getting candid from a cabinet member our otherwise. not because you might respectively in the future might want to do so. recognize that. i think representative brafken had the perfect idea saying hold on a second. now he s gone beyond the four corner what s he told us the reason he wouldn t speak about issues. gone beyond the issue simply what the mueller report said answering questions when he chose to do so for republican members. and in that respect, he essentially proved he was playing everyone like a fiddle in a way of say