Posted on 04/16/2016 5:49:50 AM PDT by FR_addict
Prosecutors in Palm Beach County, Florida announced Thursday that a potential criminal battery case against Donald Trump's campaign manager is dead in the water, calling into question the version of events presented by a reporter who filed the criminal complaint.
One witness told police his eyes were fixed on Michelle Fields, the journalist who claimed Corey Lewandowski battered her and her actions 'looked like a fraudulent slip-and-fall.'
Police in Jupiter, Florida released video of their interview with Michael Spellman on Thursday, along with a more formal statement that he wrote immediately afterward.
Spellman, the president of a glass technology company based in Jupiter, says on camera that Fields' reaction to Lewandowski separating her from Trump after a March 8 press conference was 'disproportionate' and 'bizarre.'
'At first I thought she was drunk,' he recalled.
State Attorney Dave Aronberg and his chief assistant Adrienne Ellis considered Spellman's statement along with those of other witnesses, ultimately finding that there was conflicting evidence that would kill their chances of convicting Lewandowski.
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NOTHING was "known". There was rumor and innuendo and hearsay, but nothing was known. But hey, rumor and innuendo makes great grist for the mill!
Sad, huh?
As Rush would say, ‘and there you have it folks’
Don’t listen to Rush much anymore....it’s so obvious....
Nothing known? There were videos from four different angles.
A great deal was and IS known.
That was the day after the event. Rust recounted what happened...and said there was no way Trump could have known anything about it. That’s a LONG way from taking Field’s side.
After that monologue, the incident was NOT MENTIONED on Rush’s show for another 17 days.
That’s the point
He recounted what fields said happened as if it was fact
He never gave lewandowski or trump any benefit of doubt
He said “It happened”. It DID happen. That much is fact.
Sayng that does not equal saying her version was 100% true. Nor does it mean he was taking her side. Get a grip, man.
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