Lewandowski: Comey ‘Wasn’t Man Enough’ To Give Memos Directly To Press

Corey Lewandowski, Political Campaigner, walks through the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York Donald Trump transition meetings, New York, USA - 28 Nov 2016 (Rex Features via AP Images)
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Trump confidante and one-time campaign manager Corey Lewandowski criticized fired FBI Director James Comey for releasing information regarding his interactions with the President through a friend, rather than giving it directly to the media.

“He gave his notes to a Columbia law professor because he wasn’t man enough to give the notes directly to the media when he wanted them out to the media,” Lewandowski said in an appearance on NBC’s “Today” Friday.

On Thursday, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Comey said he had given a memo detailing President Donald Trump’s request that he drop the federal investigation into ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to a law professor friend of his. He told the professor to give the information to a media outlet.

In the same hearing, Comey detailed his meetings with Trump in more detail, and under oath.

Explaining his decision not to publicly detail Trump’s request himself first, Comey said he was wary of the media attention it would bring.

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  1. So saith Lewandowski. The guy who smacks female reporters around.

  2. Ooooooh, tough guy!

  3. To sum up this past year in politics: testosterone poisoning.

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Unlike his boss, who’s willing to give classified information directly to the Russians. What a man he is, right Corey?

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