Lewandowski, a former campaign aide to Trump who is close to the White House, took aim at Democrats and former special counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation in his opening statement, describing the probes as “harassment” while alleging that some critics sought to bring down the president.
“Sadly, the country spent over three years and 40 million taxpayer dollars on these investigations. It is now clear the investigation was populated by many Trump haters who had their own agenda — to try and take down a duly elected president of the United States,” Lewandowski said in his opening statement.
View the complete September 17 article by Olivia Beavers on The Hill website here.