Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he did not hire Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica, a firm that ran data operations for President Trump's presidential campaign, was banned from Facebook on March 16. But the Bannon connection made no difference when the data firm made its pitch to the Trump campaign, Lewandowski said. [How Cambridge Analytica’s whistleblower became Facebook’s unlikely foe]But Democrats remain skeptical of how veterans of the Trump campaign, which paid $5.9 million to Cambridge Analytica, now characterize the firm’s influence. “Then, after the election, you’ve seen nothing but the Trump campaign trying to distance themselves.”

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2018 16:09 UTC