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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 ...

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 Att...

That. is that right? >> yes. >> give us dates, well 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. theyre the one whose started it, s...

General being barred from participating, speaking out about the russia investigation. the public didnt know about all of these attempts to influence the investigation at that time but what we did know, what everyone knew, that the presidents campaign was under investigation and knew the attorney general couldnt 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 did...

But asserting all of that privilege. he was, hes been difficult. can he get away with that? >> well, he is getting away with it. thats 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. hes right about that, because executive privilege is not perspective. you actually have to assert it, have to say what its pertaining to and under the umbrella for the purpose of getting candid from a cabinet member ...

Year. thats something in the jurisdiction of this committee. yet we do virtually nothing about it in this committee. balanced budget amendment is something ive introduced in this country. a $22 trillion debt hanging oakar our head yet we do nothing in this committee about attempting to pass something that would make us balance the budget every year like all our states have to do. so finally i just want to thank you again, mr. lewandowski, for appearing at todays hearing. perhaps your testimony t...

Wrong. now, thats what he wanted you to deliver to attorney general jeff sessions. correct? >> i believe thats an accurate representation, and he wanted you to deliver it to jeff so that jeff could say it to the people. right? >> i believe so. >> and you felt kind of squeamish, like a, like that fish that you are trying to be right now, being scaled, you felt a little squeamish about delivering that message. correct? >> no, sir. >> well, why didnt you, why dp did it take you so long and you neve...

Congressman. well, he askeds you about it a few times. didnt he? >> no, he did not. >> he never asked you whether or not you had delivered that message? >> not on multiple occasions, no. >> one occasion, okay? he did mention it on one occasion to you? >> i dont know if thats in the report, sir. >> and you told him that, yeah. im going to get around to it, deliver it. correct? >> id have to see the reference to the mueller report with that. >> its in the report. >> direct me to the book and page ...

It. some democrats would vote against it but they dont have the votes so they spend valuable committee time we could be spending on other important things on this fake, foe impeachment and its a shame. because this committee could be doing so much more on behalf of the american people. with that, i yield back. >> mr. chairman, point of parliamentary inquiry. >> who states the -- gentleman state his point. >> the witness is to answer a long line of questions from the gentleman from ohio about whe...

Wont answer. >> this is a house judiciary not a house party. >> give me the opportunity to answer your question. >> the campaign special counselsinvestigating, id like my time restored of his interruption. so he was a witness to the special counsels investigation for that reason sessions said publicly that federal law prohibited his involvement in the special counsels investigation. a quote from the report from volume 2 pages 49 to 50 which son the screen. you can read that. yes or no. did the p...