Posted on 03/11/2016 10:59:36 PM PST by TBP
“...Breitbart is collapsing before our eyes.”
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GPH, wake up...you’re having another one of your Walter Mitty daydreams again.
"New video of Donald Trump’s press conference Tuesday evening shows that the Washington Post’s account of an altercation involving Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields could not possibly have happened as Ben Terris reported.
In conducting our own due diligence, we have reviewed as much video footage and other evidence as possible, and present it in the interest of transparency.
Contrary to what Donald Trump said Thursday evening after the GOP debate, the incident certainly happened. However, the person who made contact with Fields was likely not Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. snip...
However, Lewandowski was not the only “man with short-cropped hair and a suit” walking near Trump. And he was walking on the opposite side of Trump from Fields, and Terris. A photograph by Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford, Terris’s colleague, released by ABC News World News Tonight, and taken seconds before the altercation took place, shows two men with short-cropped hair.
One, to Trump’s left, is Lewandowski. The other, behind Trump and to his right, is a security official, who resembles Lewandowski and is slightly taller.
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In that video, as well as in the WPTV video, as Trump moves, Lewandowski is clearly visible on Trump’s left-hand side.
Fields can be seen again at 16:08, at Trump’s right, apparently at about the same moment when the ABC News photograph was taken.
The altercation itself is not shown, but Fields quickly disappears from view, as if pulled back. At 16:18, Trump appears in the frame, holding a book and asking, “Whose book is this?” — which he also is heard saying in the audio published by Politico, right before Fields and Terris discuss what happened. He seems unaware of any altercation.
At 16:21, the security official appears on Trump’s right — and extends his arm to move a young man aside.
At 16:31, Lewandowski and the security official appear in the frame together again — Lewandowski at left and the security official, with earpiece, on the right. Both have “short-cropped hair,” in Terris’s terms.
Fields was indeed hurt in the altercation, and published a photograph of her bruises. Yet the available evidence from WPTV and ABC suggests that it was unlikely that Lewandowski was the person who caused her injuries. Given the similarity in appearance between Lewandowski and the security official, and given the fact that Lewandowski was walking on the other side of Trump from where Fields was at the time, the possibility of mistaken identity cannot be ruled out. Indeed, given Lewandowski’s adamant denials (coupled with statements inappropriately impugning Fields’s character), it is the likeliest explanation.
In addition, the injury may have been accidental, owing simply to the chaos of the press scrum. A video filmed by a local CBS reporter earlier in the evening shows Fields standing near Trump and the same security official, with no concern or alarm on the part of Trump campaign staff.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/11/trump-presser-ben-terris-misidentified/
Cant wait for the counter suit. Trump will end up owning them.
“Fields was indeed hurt in the altercation, and published a photograph of her bruises. Yet the available evidence from WPTV and ABC suggests that it was unlikely that Lewandowski was the person who caused her injuries.
Given the similarity in appearance between Lewandowski and the security official, and given the fact that Lewandowski was walking on the other side of Trump from where Fields was at the time, the possibility of mistaken identity cannot be ruled out. Indeed, given Lewandowski’s adamant denials (coupled with statements inappropriately impugning Fields’s character), it is the likeliest explanation.
In addition, the injury may have been accidental, owing simply to the chaos of the press scrum. A video filmed by a local CBS reporter earlier in the evening shows Fields standing near Trump and the same security official, with no concern or alarm on the part of Trump campaign staff.”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/11/trump-presser-ben-terris-misidentified/
I’ve been in the thick of a press scrum a time or two. And believe me, if you bruise easily, it’s probably not the place to be. Especially if the Secret Service is part of the mix. You don’t screw around with those guys.
...and all this time I thought only the government (i.e., police) could file criminal charges.
The guy has been on FR for almost 20 years, I guess he’s getting tired of us...
Nothing here to see. Time to move on.
Yeah, and she is going to get blowback from the Secret Service. Really dumb move.
Time for a lawsuit against her for defamation and fraudulent charges. Make her and Breitbart pay through the nose to defend themselves, Donald. Sue the b*stards.
No one cares about this other than twitter pundits and Cruz supporters.
Literally the most unimportant non-story out there.
Cops are afraid to do their job. They’re being assisinated.
Trump has some of the smartest Attorneys...they will be sure the Trump team is covered...
This is a typical Liberal reporter looking for some extra cash...guess the Clinton Foundation is paying them off fast enough...what ever...
Obviously she doesn’t pay attention to Trump. He is adamant that he doesn’t settle suits. It’ll cost her a bruised arm and a leg to continue.
This guy, TBP, is a known Pakistani/Khalistanis lobbyist - he used to be the Press Director of the notorious Council of Khalistan. The last I checked, TBP was promoted to COO of the “Council.”
That was before he got his name scrubbed from all web references to his “work” - and the only proof left now is his own sordid posting history as well as his lack of denials or correcting the record.
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You got lucky - she totally felt me up and I have the same level of evidence she does.
The statement says: “Contrary to what Donald Trump said Thursday evening after the GOP debate, the incident certainly happened.”
Then admits it probably wasn’t Lewandowski. So, Trump was right. It didn’t happen.
The ?Trump campaign’s culture of violence???? Says the Cruz supporter who excuses commie violence in Chicago.
The Secret Service will have to give a deposition and will say it was one of the agents because the “reporter” was moving toward Mr. Trump with something in her hand that could have been a weapon.
Her little case is going nowhere.
Infantile Breitbart, like a dumb little kid, saving face in the most immature and transparent way possible. That, and the fact that Breitbart suspended one of its reporters for asking for more evidence for this story, tells you all you need to know about the games Breitbart and its higher management are playing.
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