Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski Corey R. LewandowskiTrump faces tricky choice on Supreme Court pick How Trump can win reelection: Focus on Democrats, not himself Trump Jr. distances from Bannon group, says he attended 'single' event MORE dismissed speculation that he could be held in contempt after a rollercoaster hearing Tuesday in front of the House Judiciary Committee in which he repeatedly exerted executive privilege regarding conversations with the president.

“I answered every question I had the obligation to answer,” Lewandowski said Wednesday on CNN.

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“I don’t have any reason to be held in contempt, and I’ve told the members of Congress I’m happy to come back and answer more questions if they need me to after the five- or six-hour charade I went through yesterday.”

"I don't have any reason to be held in contempt," says former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski about repeatedly citing executive privilege at the House Judiciary committee hearing yesterday. "I'm happy to come back... after the five or six-hour charade I went through" pic.twitter.com/qkVudXLfuA — New Day (@NewDay) September 18, 2019

Lewandowski repeatedly clashed with Democrats on Tuesday in a hearing that appeared to contain more theatrics than investigative work, with committee members expressing frustration at his exerting of executive privilege.

“Lewandowski, you are like a fish being cleaned with a spoon — very hard to get a clean answer from you,” Rep. Hank Johnson Henry (Hank) C. JohnsonFive takeaways as panel grills tech CEOs Lawmakers, public bid farewell to John Lewis Johnson presses Barr on reducing Roger Stone's recommended sentence MORE (D-Ga.) said at one point.

The former Trump campaign manager maintained Wednesday that he was happy to answer questions regarding his work on President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE’s 2016 bid and in the administration but said he was simply following the White House’s request to keep private his conversations with the president himself.

“That’s not my privilege. I don’t have the privilege, I’m not the chief executive officer of the United States, and so it is his privilege and the White House’s privilege and they’ve notified the committee that they are preserving that right under Article II of the Constitution, and they asked me to respect the directive of the White House, and so I’ve done that,” Lewandowski said.

Lewandowski appeared as part of the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into possible obstruction of justice by Trump.

Democrats centered their questioning around the president’s request in 2017 that Lewandowski deliver a letter to then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsRoy Moore sues Alabama over COVID-19 restrictions GOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs MORE asking that he set new limits on former special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s investigation. Lewandowski responded that a vacation with his family prevented him from giving Sessions the document.