WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem demanding clarification of her apparently false testimony under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the role of Corey Lewandowski in approving federal contracts.
During yesterday's hearing, Blumenthal asked whether Lewandowski has a role in approving contracts at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Noem responded, "no." Earlier today, ProPublica reported (https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts) that internal DHS documents show Lewandowski "personally approved a multi...