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
lewandowski did not follow that order. either you were willing to break the law for politics and mr. trump, or you re some kind of a forest gump relating to corruption. did the president pick you his enforce enforcer, he thought you would play whatever role he wanted? that would be a question for the president. this has been more obstruction of congress by this administration and you followed their instructions and you re doing just exactly what they thought you d do. you are a loyal soldier, except you didn t follow trump s str instructions. you chickened out at the last minute, you got cold feet. congressman steven cohen was questioning mr. lewandowski. he s with us now. thank you so much for talking with us in the aftermath of this hearing yesterday. i was watching this yesterday with legal experts, long time political watchers and they all wanted to know how the committee didn t see this approach coming,
misplaced. you decided not to do what you told the president you were going to do and you handed it off to somebody else. did you realize at some point that mr. nay, your former boss, got involved in criminal problems and went to prison and maybe you were going to be the next one? did that cross your mind? did you ever think about bob nay s situation and going to prison? congressman nay went to prison many years after i left his employment. i m sure you can clear up the record. i m asking did you learn from his experience and realize that what you were asked to do was illegal and you didn t want to end up in prison. the public will determine that. this has been more obstruction of congress by this administration and you followed their instructions and you re doing just exactly what you thought they d do. you re a loyal soldier. except you didn t follow trump s instructions. you chickened out at the last minute. you got cold feet.
did you learn from his experience and realize that what you were asked to do was illegal and you didn t want to follow the same trail as bob nay and end up in poliriolice prison i was not asked anything illegal, mr. congressman the public will determine that this is obstruction of congress and you are a loyal soldier. except you didn t follow trump s instructions, you chickened out at the last minute, you got cold feet so the point that you heard the congressman and a few other members of the panel make is that clearly lewandowski knew that it was to put the pressure on jeff sessions to either curtail the russia investigation and speak about it in less favorable terms, clearly he knew that was wrong because he didn t do it. corey lewandowski says that he went on vacation and didn t relay that message as the president hoped that he would. make of that what you will this hearing is the first of