Article snippet: It didn’t take long for MORE’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to devolve into chaos. Lewandowski, a former aide and confidant to MORE’s report and repeatedly tangled with Democrats looking to confront him. Rep. MORE (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, claimed the witness was there to “participate in a cover-up.” Rep. MORE (D-Ga.) topped them all by comparing the questioning of Lewandowski to the cleaning of a fish. “Lewandowski, you are like a fish being cleaned with a spoon — very hard to get a clean answer from you,” he said. Lewandowski was one of three witnesses the panel had hoped to speak to on Tuesday, but was the only one to show up. He’s the first witness to appear as part of Judiciary’s probe into possible obstruction of justice by Trump, which meant he did make a form of history on Tuesday. Democrats focused much of their questioning on Trump’s request that Lewandowski deliver a 2017 letter to then-Attorney General MORE asking that Sessions set new limits on Mueller’s probe. They see it as a key part of their case that Trump obstructed justice by interfering with Mueller. In response, Lewandowski said a vacation with his family prevented him from relaying the message to Sessions. Lewandowski, who pledged in his opening statement to be cooperative and forthright, repeatedly declined to answer questions about conversations with the president and repeatedly pointed to White House claims of executive privilege... Link to the full article to read more