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“I will be as sincere in my answers as this committee is in its questions,” former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski says. dailysign.al/30ePzA0 via @FredLucasWH @DailySignal

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal Unlike in past impeachment hearings, such as those targeting Presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton, the House has not approved a formal impeachment inquiry. However, Nalder said his committee is conducting impeachment proceedings.

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal Lewandowski, who turns 46 Wednesday, delivered a stern opening statement about what he said was lawmakers wasting time and money to push a nonexistent scandal.

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal “As the special counsel determined, there was no conspiracy or collusion between the Trump campaign and any foreign government, either on my watch or afterwards,” Lewandowski said, adding:

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal Not surprisingly, after the Mueller report was made public, interest in the fake Russia collusion narrative has fallen apart. In conclusion, and it’s sad to say, this country has spent over three years and 40 million in taxpayer dollars on these investigations. ...

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal ...And it’s now clear that the investigations were populated by many Trump haters who had their own agenda, who wanted to take down a duly elected president of the United States."

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal He continued:

As for actual collusion or conspiracy, there was none. What there has been, however, was harassment of this president from the day he won the election. ...

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal ..We as a nation would be better served if elected officials like yourself concentrated on your efforts to combat the true crises facing our country as opposed to going down rabbit holes like this hearing....

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal ...Instead of focusing on petty and personal politics, the committee [should] focus on solving the challenges of this generation—imagine how many people we could help or lives we could save."

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the committee’s ranking member, said the Russia story pushed by Democrats fell apart with delivery of the Mueller report. They then had to move on to other anti-Trump topics, in this case seeking impeachment for obstruction of justice.

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal “I’ve never seen a majority so amazed with packaging in all my life,” Collins said. “You know why? Because they can’t sell what’s inside. They can’t sell the product. So, they just keep packaging it differently.”

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal “Here’s the problem: Seventeen members of the Judiciary Committee have said that they think the president ought to be impeached,” he said. “So, why are we still investigating it? The problem is, you don’t have the votes. You don’t have the numbers.

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal The Georgia Republican said impeachment was a goal for many Democrats ever since Trump was elected. “For most of them it happened in November of 2016, because they couldn’t believe that Donald Trump won, and they still can’t get over it today,” Collins said, adding:

@FredLucasWH @DailySignal "It’s not investigating. It’s not doing oversight. This is certainly not being fair. But we like issuing subpoenas. We’re setting a world record at that—40 times faster than the previous chairman. We don’t want any answers, because we’re not willing to engage in dialogue..."