Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would have held Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski “in contempt right then and there” during his testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
Lewandowski testified before the committee on Tuesday with Democrats hoping he would shed light on one of 10 specific instances Robert Mueller laid out in his report that he thought could be considered obstruction of justice. The former Trump campaign manager was defiant to questions from Democrats.
At one point during his testimony, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler threatened to hold Lewandowski in contempt because his “behavior in this hearing room has been completely unacceptable.”
Pelosi told a group of Democrats on Wednesday evening that “I would have held him in contempt right then and there,” according to the Washington Post.
[WATCH: Corey Lewandowski testifies before House Judiciary Committee]
Her comments were seen as a dig directed at Nadler. The two have feuded for months over the issue of impeachment with Nadler actively supporting the idea while Pelosi has actively kept her party from launching a full-fledged impeachment process.
Pelosi spokeswoman Ashley Etienne said in a statement to the Post that “in a meeting today, a member commented on the level of disrespect that Lewandowski displayed at the hearing for the Committee and Congress’s authority to uncover the truth.”
“Speaker Pelosi agreed that his behavior was beyond the pale and contemptible,” she added. “The Speaker went on to say that he could have been held in contempt right then and there.”
