Noem aide Corey Lewandowski told coworkers he could do 'whatever' he wanted because Trump would pardon him: report

[highplainsdem]

Source: Independent

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem's top aide Corey Lewandowski reportedly told colleagues he could "do whatever the f***" he wanted, because Donald Trump would pardon him.

Lewandowski, who is also expected to leave the DHS later this month after Trump fired Noem from the job last week, made such remarks "on multiple occasions", according to a report in the New York Post, based on interviews with people who have worked with him.

“I’m not worried. I do whatever the f*** I want. DJT will pardon me,” Lewandowski said last year, according to the Post .

It is unclear why Lewandowski, who previously worked as Trump's campaign manager for the 2016 election, should have believed he may require a presidential pardon, but the same sources suggested he made the remarks as an all-encompassing response indicating he believed he would be legally shielded from accountability for a "range of alleged professional and personal misconduct."

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-corey-lewandowski-trump-pardon-b2936669.html

[Bengus81]

1. Hey Lewy...still taking the trash out to the curb for Cosplay Barbie or is it over?

[Cheezoholic]

2. Every one of them has been promised that. Sign the loyalty oath, you'll be pardoned. Dont worry 'bout it n/t

[enid602]

3. Yuck

What the hell did she expect him to do to her that might require a presidential pardon? Especially from THAT president?

[flvegan]

4. Wow. Calling Kristi Noem a "whatever" is a little harsh. Apt, but harsh. n/t

[riversedge]

5. He is one guy I would love to punch!!

[Wonder Why]

6. When asked about a pardon, trump had this to say:

Said Trump: “You know, I have an, I had an uncle who was a great professor at MIT for many years, long, I think the longest tenure ever. Very smart, had three different degrees and you know, so I have an aptitude for things. You know, there is such a thing as an aptitude. I said, ‘Well, what would happen if this boat is so heavy and started to sink and you’re on the top of the boat? Do you get electrocuted or not? In other words, the boat is going down and you’re on the top, will the electric currents flow through the water and wipe you out? And let’s say there’s a shark about 10 yards over there. Would I have to immediately abandon or could I ride the electric down?’ And he said, ‘Sir, nobody’s ever asked us that question.’”

[Eric J in MN]

7. We need a Constitutional amendment...

...to replace presidential pardons with an independently elected board which gives pardons.

The board could require a super-majority so pardons are less partisan.

[Bengus81]

8. Trump worried that Lewy personally profited off that $250M is the laugh of the day

But Trump might want an full blown investigation as to why that money wasn't funneled to his Qatar account.