DOJ Opens Investigation Into Trump Ally Corey Lewandowski After Criminal Referral From DHS Inspector General
A source tells Fox News the Justice Department is probing the longtime Trump adviser. Trump says he wants his people honest and prosecuted if not. Lewandowski's representative says he has not been contacted and denies wrongdoing.
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Corey Lewandowski, a longtime adviser to President Trump. Fox News reports the news came from a source familiar with the matter, and Fox labels it a developing story.
The origin. According to Fox, the probe follows a criminal referral sent to the Justice Department by the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security. Fox's report does not say what the referral concerns.
The president's reaction. Asked about it by reporters outside the White House, Trump said he had "heard something about it." He told them: "All I know is I want my people to be honest." He went on: "If they're not going to be honest, they have to be prosecuted," and called dishonesty "stealing from me as president." He added that if staff are not honest, "I'll have my DOJ go and do whatever they have to do."
The background. Fox describes Lewandowski as a longtime political ally of Trump who also advised Kristi Noem, a former Homeland Security secretary.
His side. A representative for Lewandowski told The Wall Street Journal that he has not been contacted by the Justice Department and denies any wrongdoing.
Note for readers: an investigation is not a charge. We have only Fox's account, which relies on one unnamed source, and the details may change as the story develops.