Former top Trump official: I forgot about crucial Russia email because it was Fathers Day

By Aaron Rupar at Think Progress

https://thinkprogress.org/corey-lewandowski-russia-email-fathers-day-e0116088ab61/amp/

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During an interview on Fox News on Tuesday evening, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski claimed the distraction created by Father’s Day resulted in him being unable to remember an email sent to him by former campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. In the email, Page sought and ultimately received permission from Lewandowski to travel to Moscow.

“You have to remember, in the context of the campaign world––now, my memory has been refreshed, but to be clear, from what I understand and what I recall, that email was sent on June 19th of 2016, so about 18 months ago,” Lewandowski said. “It also happened to be Father’s Day on a Sunday, and it also happened to be the day prior to me being terminated from the campaign, so with all due respect, there were many other things on my mind that day other than trying to understand why a volunteer was telling me he may or may not be traveling outside the country.”

Lewandowski has good reason to claim his memory has been suddenly refreshed. During testimony to the House Intelligence Committee last week, Page said he has evidence that Lewandowski personally gave him permission to take a July 2016 trip to Moscow, where he met with Russian legislators and senior members of Putin’s administration.

“So Corey said, if you have interest… if you’d like to go on your own, not affiliated with the campaign, you know, that’s fine,” Page said, adding that he’s in possession of emails corroborating his account.

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