Trump's Inner Circle ROCKED by DOJ PROBE...

Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian discuss reports that the Justice Department is reviewing a DHS inspector general referral about Corey Lewandowski, the former Trump campaign manager who served as an unpaid special government employee advising then-Secretary Kristi Noem. The inquiry began with a $220 million DHS advertising contract and reportedly widened to whether Lewandowski used his position for personal gain. The hosts stress that these are allegations, that no charges have been announced, and that Lewandowski denies wrongdoing through his attorney, Adam Trigg, who says the Justice Department has not contacted him. According to NBC News, sources say Lewandowski twice asked detention company GEO Group to pay him, one describing a “success fee,” and the company declined. The Wall Street Journal reported he pitched Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on paying him on the side for help with matters such as visas, and both declined. His representative says he never sought foreign government contracts or approved DHS contracts, but reports say he or close associates signed off on nearly all DHS spending over $100,000. Asked about the probe, President Trump said, “I want my people to be honest, and if they’re not going to be honest, they have to be prosecuted.” Shant and Brian wonder whether Lewandowski is being positioned as a scapegoat amid other scandals and discuss Trump’s ambivalent reaction. Brian’s bottom line: unpaid is not the same as unconflicted, and a special government employee who signs the contracts owes the public the same honesty as anyone drawing a salary.

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