'I have no obligation to be honest with the media'

[struggle4progress]

By Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 9:18 PM ET, Tue September 17, 2019

(CNN)Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said he has "no obligation" to tell the truth to the media while acknowledging that he had not told the truth when asked earlier this year about his interactions with President Donald Trump.

During congressional testimony on Tuesday, Lewandowski -- a former CNN political commentator -- acknowledged that "perhaps I was inaccurate" during a February interview on MSNBC. In that interview, Lewandowski said he did not remember the President ever asking him to get involved with then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions or the Department of Justice, which differs from what he told special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller's report stated that Lewandowski said that in June 2017, Trump instructed him to tell Sessions to curtail the Mueller investigation, and that Lewandowski did not follow through.

While being questioned by Barry Berke, a lawyer for the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, Lewandowski was shown a video of the interview. He said the clip "can be interpreted any way you'd like."

"I have no obligation to be honest with the media," he told the panel ...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/corey-lewandowski-the-media/index.html

[dem4decades]

1. Makes a great campaign ad. For his opponent.

[Leith]

2. Yeah, wasn't that a hoot?

Likewise, Ari Melber has no obligation to ever have Lewandowski back on his program.

I wonder if Ari will mention it tomorrow? He will almost certainly hear about it by the start of his show tomorrow.

[mcar]

3. Will CNN offer any words of regret for paying him

to be a political commentator? I won't hold my breath.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. That'll be the take-away and soundbite of the night.

Berke was trying to get him to admit that yes, he lies to the media (and has indicated that he has no obligation to tell the truth)!

[pwb]

5. Assholes that I know who watch FOX always say they do because they want the truth????

Fair and balanced my ass.

[bottomofthehill]

6. By saying that

What he is actually saying “ I have no obligation to be honest with the American Public”. This was not a private conversation with a journalist, this was the Presidents campaign manager getting his message out. He admitted that it is ok to lie to the American public...

[struggle4progress]

7. +

[NCLefty]

8. They're all so vile...

[moondust]

9. And ye shall be known as

a lying liar who traffics in lies. Why would anybody bother to listen to anything you have to say if there's a good chance it's all a pack of lies?