Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that Corey Lewandowski deserved to be held in contempt of Congress for his combative performance before the House Judiciary Committee, where the former Trump campaign manager repeatedly refused to answer questions about his testimony to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Pelosi told Democrats during a private meeting on Wednesday that Democrats should have held Lewandowski in contempt “then and there,” according to multiple sources in the room.
Pelosi’s comments come a day after Lewandowski’s marathon testimony, which left Democrats
angry and frustrated. Lewandowski refused to answer many of Democrats’ questions about his testimony to Mueller and often seemed to be performing for an audience of one — President Donald Trump — as he prepares for a potential Senate run.
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