Sep 18, 2019 · Still, Lewandowski’s attorney Peter Chavkin pushed back against Berke’s questions, saying that they were “unauthorized” and vowing that he will submit a letter protesting the consultant ...
Barry Berke was the unexpected star of Corey Lewandowski's fractious congressional hearing, after the criminal defense lawyer grilled the Trump 2016 campaign manager at …
45th President of the United States. Jeff Sessions. Former United States Attorney General. WASHINGTON — It took more than five hours of confrontational exchanges, but …
Sep 18, 2019 · Democrats’ counsel Barry Berke got 30 minutes to question Lewandowski and made the most of it.
Barry Berke was the unexpected star of Corey Lewandowski's fractious congressional hearing, after the criminal defense lawyer grilled the Trump 2016 campaign manager at the end of an hours-long session that had, until then, been a masterclass in partisanship and stonewalling.
At a follow-up meeting, Trump instructed Lewandowski —who had arranged for someone else to deliver the message in the future—to tell Sessions that if he would not meet with him, he would be fired. Lewandowski made notes of both discussions with Trump and kept them in a safe.
Mr. Lewandowski, under sharp questioning by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, confirmed that Mr. Trump had once asked him to help pressure Attorney General Jeff Sessions to curtail the scope of the Russia investigation, but said he did not believe he had been asked to do anything illegal.
At the tail-end of the hearing, Barry H. Berke, a well-regarded white-collar defense attorney who has taken a leave from his New York law firm to consult for the committee, unleashed a rapid-fire cross-examination in which he quickly established that Mr.
As the manager of the Trump campaign in 2016, Mr. Lewandowski received numerous messages from campaign staff about attempts by Russians to make contact with the campaign.
I had the privilege — and it was a privilege — of helping transform the Trump campaign from a dedicated but small makeshift organization to a historical and unprecedented political juggernaut.
As Mr. Trump traveled from New Mexico to California on Tuesday afternoon, he had the televisions aboard Air Force One tuned into the hearing, according to people familiar with what was taking place.
On one hand, Lewandowski – despite openly antagonizing House Democrats and preening for his Republican cronies – testified fairly casually about misconduct by President Donald Trump that , in normal times , would be presidency-defining (and potentially presidency-ending). On the other hand, Lewandowski’s testimony changed little about the longer-term prospects of impeachment.
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2021. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) Now playing.
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2021.
Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, testifies to the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, September 17, 2019, in Washington. Corey Lewandowski is trolling to please Donald Trump. Tuesday’s hearing offered little progress on any of those fronts and was bitterly divided from the start.
Mueller investigated 10 episodes involving Trump for potential obstruction of justice, and the incident with Lewandowski was one of those episodes. In the report, prosecutors analyzed whether each incident checked the three boxes needed to typically bring an obstruction charge.
See the questions Lewandowski refused to answer. Washington CNN —. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski antagonized Democrats and stonewalled their questions about obstruction of justice during the first official impeachment-related hearing on Capitol Hill in the wake of the Russia investigation.