Ed Keenan is the Star’s new bureau chief in Washington, where he will be covering U.S. politics and culture in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election and beyond.WASHINGTON, DC—In the first day of hearings Tuesday in the U.S. Congress’ impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, the biggest revelation may have been that Corey Lewandowski is a fan of the New England Patriots.During more than five hours of sometimes heated but often rote responses to questions about possible obstruction of justice by the president raised in Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the election, the former Trump campaign manager and later unofficial aide to the president was unwilling to reveal much.“The White House has directed I not disclose the substance of any conversations I may or may not have had with the president or any of his advisers, to protect executive branch privilege,” he repeated again and again to questions from Democratic members of the party, including Chairman Jerry Nadler.He continued doing so long after Nadler specifically instructed him to answer questions, ruling that the privilege he was attempting to invoke did not exist in law and that both the White House instruction to withhold information and his following of that instruction were illegal.The performance — or at least the first part of it — pleased Trump, who tweeted “Such a beautiful Opening Statement by Corey Lewandowski! Thank you Corey!”On Monday night at a rally in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Trump mocked the hearing and the judiciary committee, calling its members “radical left crazies” intent on removing him from office. “No president should have to go through what I’ve gone through,” he said at the rally. “It’s a disgrace to our nation.”His office matched its actions to his words Monday, advising the committee that two of the former White House staffers th ...
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