Inspector General

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room and let herself in; I was always aware the security team kept
continuous access to our delegation room. [The female enlisted
Service member] departed soon thereafter to [the female delegation
member’s] room.
In his response to the TCL, however, MG Lewis did not specifically address the
testimony that he attempted to kiss the female enlisted Service member.
MG Lewis also stated in his TCL response:
At no point does the report detail [the female delegation member’s]
level of intoxication when describing any of these events she
testified to but she drank every part of the evening I saw her and
was at [the beach restaurant] before I arrived.
In response to MG Lewis’ observation, on August 29, 2016, we contacted the female
delegation member again and asked her to clarify the details of her alcohol consumption the
evening of November 5, 2015, in Hawaii. She told us that she had three alcoholic beverages
between approximately 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm: one glass of wine with dinner at a sushi restaurant,
a Mai Tai at the beach restaurant with her second dinner that evening, and another Mai Tai at the
beach restaurant after dinner. She also told us that she did not have any alcoholic beverages after
approximately 9:00 pm and that she switched to apple juice in a Mai Tai glass at that time “so
that people wouldn’t buy me a drink [since] it looked like I already had one.” The female
delegation member observed MG Lewis embracing the female enlisted Service member on his
hotel room balcony shortly after 1:00 am on November 6, 2015. According to the female
delegation member this was four hours after she stopped drinking alcoholic beverages.
We also reviewed testimony from witnesses who recalled observing the female
delegation member at the beach restaurant or immediately thereafter. One witness told us that he
“believed [he] smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage” on the female delegation member
when she retrieved the key to MG Lewis’ hotel room from the delegation’s security control
room. An additional witness described the female delegation member as “helping [MG Lewis]
back to the hotel because [MG Lewis] was under the influence.” None of the witnesses told us
the female delegation member appeared intoxicated. Two witnesses specifically told us that the
female delegation member was not intoxicated.
Official travel-related conduct in Malaysia
In November, 2015, MG Lewis travelled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a member of the
Secretary of Defense delegation. On the evening of November 3, 2015, the delegation hosted an
event in the hotel’s executive lounge. MG Lewis described the event as “informal drinks with
the press, background, probably not really completely off the record, but background with the
press.”
Approximately 10 members of the Secretary of Defense delegation attended the event,
along with press members travelling with the delegation. MG Lewis spoke with the press during
the event. The Secretary of Defense did not attend. The hotel provided complimentary