Ex Trump aide Corey Lewandowski to testify before House committee – live
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The judiciary committee will ask about potential obstruction of justice in what it is calling the first hearing of an impeachment investigation
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Hello and welcome to our live blog politics coverage. The House judiciary committee will interview former Donald Trump aide Corey Lewandowski this afternoon in what the committee is calling the first hearing of an impeachment investigation of the president.
Lewandowski was a central figure in the Trump presidential campaign before his firing in June 2016, after which he remained an adviser to and emissary for Trump.
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