Democrat to Lewandowski: You are ‘like a fish being cleaned with a spoon’

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) compared former Trump campaign aide Corey Lewandowski to “a fish being cleaned with a spoon” during Lewandowski’s Tuesday testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. 

“Mr. Lewandowski, you are about like a fish being cleaned with a spoon, it’s very hard to get an answer out of you,” Johnson said at the start of his questioning of the former campaign aide.{mosads} 

He then went on to ask Lewandowski about a 2017 Oval Office meeting with President Trump in which Trump asked Lewandowski to convince then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to say that the president was being treated unfairly due to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.  

The hearing Tuesday became chaotic during Chairman Jerrold Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) attempts to question Lewandowski. 

The former aide, who is still close to the White House, first insisted that he be given a copy of the Mueller report to follow along with excerpts read by Democrats. He also said at one point that he did not remember an Oval Office meeting with Trump. 

Partisan debate also broke out as to whether the clock should be stopped during Lewandowski’s pauses in answering questions. 

Lewandowski’s appearance comes as Democrats investigate possible obstruction of justice by Trump.