Corey Lewandowski said Wednesday there has "never been collusion" between President Trump's campaign associates and Russian officials, and said Democrats' case regarding these supposed ties is falling apart "before it even begins."

"The bottom line is there is no collusion. There's never been collusion. This is clearly something that as they continue to look into, there is no evidence that anything ever took place that was inappropriate or wrong, not by the president, not by the candidate, not by the campaign or anybody else," Lewandowski said in an interview on Fox News. "It sounds like their case is already starting to fall apart before it begins."

.@CLewandowski_: There's no collusion. There's never been collusion. It sounds like the case is falling apart before it even begins. pic.twitter.com/CoSylxKURJ — FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) May 31, 2017



Lewandowski, Trump's former camaign manager, was responding to reports that Carter Page, who advised Trump on foreign policy during the campaign, pushed to testify before Congress on his contacts with Russian officials after congressional Democrats slammed the brakes on him appearing.

The FBI obtained a warrant to monitor Page last year.

American intelligence agencies believe Russia interfered in the 2016 election by hacking into the emails of the Democratic National Committee and campaign aides for Hillary Clinton, and the FBI is investigating ties between Trump campaign associates and Russian officials.

The Kremlin, meanwhile, denies any involvement.