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said that she then gave the tri-fold to MG Lewis and “pleaded” with the female enlisted Service
member to leave the room with her.
The female delegation member stated that she told MG Lewis, “Sir, respectfully, you’re
being really stupid. Don’t do this. She needs to come and stay in my room.” She said that
MG Lewis responded, “… you know me. I wouldn’t do anything I shouldn’t do.” She said that
MG Lewis “escorted” her out of the room by placing his hand on her elbow and forearm and
guiding her to the door. She added that the female enlisted Service member remained on the
balcony while MG Lewis escorted her out of the room. The female delegation member stated,
“[MG Lewis] walked with me all the way to the door, like, out the door, and shut the door, and
then I cried.”
The security control room log established that the female delegation member returned
MG Lewis’ hotel room key at 1:09 a.m. The two control room special agents on duty at the time
described the female delegation member as “angry,” “red in the face,” and “misty eyed” when
she returned the key. She described herself as “teary eyed.”
The female delegation member told us that she then returned to her hotel room, “started
bawling,” called her husband, and told him what had just happened. She told us “I just called my
husband crying … I tried to do everything in my power to not have this situation happen … and
it happened. And I was extremely frustrated and drained at that point.”
The female enlisted Service member told us that she did not recall the female delegation
member exiting to retrieve a tri-fold and returning to MG Lewis’ hotel room. However, she
remembered that the female delegation member encouraged her to leave MG Lewis’ room. She
added that MG Lewis was irritated that the female delegation member asked her to leave
MG Lewis’ room with her.
The female enlisted Service member said that she was in the hotel room alone with
MG Lewis for approximately 30 minutes after MG Lewis escorted the female delegation
member out of his room. She added that they both had one more beer during that time. She
stated that MG Lewis told her that he had some things he wanted to talk to her about “in private.”
She said that the only time she and MG Lewis hugged was a goodbye hug as she left the room.
The female enlisted Service member told us that because of her prior experience with
MG Lewis, she was comfortable staying behind in the room with him. She stated:
I’m feeling completely fine and I know what I’m doing and I’m
totally not awkward, not feeling awkward. Because we’ve talked
in private so many times, I’m thinking, “He’s got something on his
chest he’s going to talk to me about.”
The female enlisted Service member said that once they were alone, MG Lewis began
“talking in circles.” The female enlisted Service member attributed MG Lewis’ repetitious talk
to his intoxication.
The female enlisted Service member told us that MG Lewis “attempted physical contact”
while she was in MG Lewis’ hotel room. She described the incident as follows: