"Pay no attention to that GRIFT behind the curtain!" Here's Corey Lewandowski, trying to reprogram the Republican voters who gave Trump over $200 million for "Stop the Steal." CNN’s Jim Acosta went at it with the Trump presidential campaign advisor over election denialism. Corey Lewandowski sounded much like J.D. Vance, who gave a “damning non-answer” during the vice-presidential debate when he repeatedly refused to admit Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.