Lewandowski Calls Out CNN for Questioning His Honesty While Hiring Andrew McCabe

During a fiery exchange with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota, Trump ally Corey Lewandowski argued his honesty should not be questioned when CNN hired former Comey right hand man Andrew McCabe, who currently has a “criminal referral” and is believed to be likely indicted for lying under oath. 

Per the Federalist, the Office of the Inspector General report states that McCabe authorized another FBI agent to leak information about an ongoing investigation into Clinton Foundation to The Wall Street Journal, not in the interest of the public, but for his own personal gain.

We determined that as Deputy Director, McCabe was authorized to disclose the existence of the [Clinton Foundation] Investigation publicly if such a disclosure fell within the “public interest” exception in applicable FBI and DOJ policies generally prohibiting such a disclosure of an ongoing investigation. However, we concluded that McCabe’s decision to confirm the existence of the CF Investigation through an anonymously sourced quote, recounting the content of a phone call with a senior Department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership, was clearly not within the public interest exception. We therefore concluded that McCabe’s disclosure of the existence of an ongoing investigation in this manner violated the FBI’s and the Department’s media policy and constituted misconduct.

He “lacked candor” (aka lied) both under oath and not under oath on repeated occasions about whether or not he was the one who authorized the leak to the press.

Transcript From MRC

ALISYN CAMEROTA: There’s another moment that’s gotten a lot of attention. Where you basically admitted the conditions with which you tell the truth. So leet’s play this moment.

COREY LEWANDOWSKI [clip from 9/17 committee testimony]: I’m a truth teller every time I stand before Congress, or a committee of jurisdiction, and raise my hand and swear to God under oath.

BARRY BERKE [Democrat committee counsel]: My question, sir, is when you said the President never asked you to get involved with Mr. Sessions —

LEWANDOWSKI: I have no obligation to have a candid conversation with the media whatsoever, just like they have no obligation to cover me honestly. And they do it inaccurately all the time.

BERKE: So you’re admitting that on national television you were lying there?

LEWANDOWSKI: What I’m saying is, they’ve been inaccurate on many occasions and perhaps I was inaccurate that time.

CAMEROTA: Okay, Corey, so just to be clear. You only feel the obligation to tell the truth when you’re under oath?

LEWANDOWSKI: Which is clearly more than some of your contributors. As you know, Andy McCabe, who has a criminal referral, who’s a CNN contributor, was not accurate under oath. He has a criminal referral for lying to the FBI, for lying to the Inspector General on three separate occasions. But Alisyn, you and your network continue to use him as a contributor, who has been lying under oath! And so, if you’re going to hold me to a standard, hold your same employees and contributors to that same standard. I have no criminal referrals.

CAMEROTA: Corey, just a simple question. It’s just a simple question about —

LEWANDOWSKI: Alisyn, excuse me. Excuse me —

CAMEROTA: Answer the question.

LEWANDOWSKI: I’ll be happy to answer your question and I’ll be held to the same standard as the employees and contributors to CNN which means —

CAMEROTA: What are you talking about?

LEWANDOWSKI: When I am under oath, I will tell the truth. That can’t be said, the truth, as James Comey, or Andrew McCabe, who’s employed by CNN.

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