Posted on 04/13/2016 4:29:56 PM PDT by springwater13
A Florida prosecutor has decided not to prosecute Donald Trump’s campaign manager for battery after a March run-in with former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
The decision not to press charges against Corey Lewandowski is scheduled to be announced on Thursday afternoon by Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg.
Fields may still pursue a defamation case against Lewandowski, a source said.
Fields filed a police report last month after Lewandowski grabbed her by the arm and moved her out of Trump’s way following a press conference at Trump National Gold Club in Jupiter. She said he left bruises on her arm. Police later charged Lewandowski with simple battery, releasing video from surveillance cameras that shows Lewandowski reaching for and grabbing Fields.
Aronberg would not comment, but in a POLITICO interview last week, he pointed out that Jupiter police had a low “probable cause” standard to cite Lewandowski for battery. But the responsibility for moving forward with a full-blown prosecution rested with Aronberg’s office, which had to consider whether a crime occurred and whether they believed a jury of Floridians would prosecute.
“We have a higher standard to go forward with a prosecution,” he said.
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Fair enough.
Hi!
LOL. Yep, that’s her.
Under the law everytime you get polled your under arest. However, in common parlance it means cuffs and a mug shot. Thus both the cops and the Trump campaign was correct in thier respective spheres.
Well FRiend, I didn’t refer to you as a Cruzer or “you people” or “you folks” and I’m not “moaning and shrieking” about anything, I merely stated a fact regarding our justice system.
If you care to look at my posting history you’ll find that I support both Trump and Cruz, in that order and have not engaged in insults. Your accusation that “Trumpism is starting to look a lot like 1930s Facism, and the Trumpkins are the Brownshirts” is really obnoxious and over the edge.
That’s fair.
Bullshit. You just can't overcome your hysterical prejudice...
I haven’t listened to Rush in a bit either.
Probably about a little over a week now I have listened to Ingram instead.
I guess they are fine if you are a Ted Cruz fanatic, but I am definitely not that.
Are you speaking from knowledge of the facts or is it a supposition on your part? When is it required to take fingerprints and a mug shot?
Actually, I did detect a bit of a difference between his normal screeching and his completely over the top faux outrage over this.
I remember that it was a Friday afternoon a few weeks ago that he just went off on the subject of Fields, and just went on and on and on about it, and I got so sick of it that I posted to him in his thread GFY, and I have not turned him on again since then.
It’s a real shame too, because I had listened to that guy for the longest time. No more.
This would simply be a case of the jury looking at the video and being asked by Lewindowski’s lawyer,
“So you see her pushed down?”
“Do you see her being selected for any special negative treatment?”
“Do you even see her mouth the words “Ouch?”
“Anyone ever play tag in 3d Grade?”
“Ladies and Gentlemen (of the jury) haven’t we all, or don’t we all know people who have been bumped worse than this trying to get to the the last 10 seconds of a Blue Light Special at K-Mart?”
re: litigation. Who would sue and what were his DEMONSTRABLE MONETARY DAMAGES?
For Lewindowski; Walk away from it. Why give any possible civil case def the chance to air their grievances in public, and keep it in the media for 12 months.
Realize you have won, and go home a winner.
Well, it's certainly not saying he's guilty, now, is it?
And, in America, we also have the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
So thanks for exposing your un-American sentiments.
Pathetic and duly noted...
Lewandowski is guilty is he?
You’re a Cruz supporter aren’t you?
Are you series? That's patently false. Plenty of Cruz supporters "chimed in".
The Cruz fanboys are really revealing their blind prejudice lately...
Not immediately on a charge like this. In fact I would suggest the police themselves had a dubious view of it before they were going to compel him to take prints and a mug shot. By all accounts there is no evidence they did mug shot him and print him. I think that’s a fair assumption.
Folks have no idea how much frivolous minor and obnoxious charges piss off the cops. It’s make work. Few from any professional like performing unnecessary make-work. I’d guess within a year or two on the job most cops can figure out quickly which party is doing the bull sh***ing.
We really don't know if he was fingerprinted or a mug shot taken. The police can release the mugshots or they can be accessed thru a FOIA request.
I am sure you are aware of the sunshine laws in FL and the controversy over the releasing of mugshots. There are many websites that routinely publish mugshots even if the person is never found guilty. The lawyers have a huge business of removing mugshots from these websites, which contain the following disclaimer:
ALL ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW. PUBLISHED MUGSHOTS AND/OR ARREST RECORDS ARE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED PUBLIC RECORDS OF: AN ARREST, AN INDICTMENT, A REGISTRATION, THE DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY OR A DETENTION. THE MUGSHOTS AND/OR ARREST RECORDS PUBLISHED ON MUGSHOTS.COM ARE IN NO WAY AN INDICATION OF GUILT AND THEY ARE NOT EVIDENCE THAT AN ACTUAL CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE. HOWEVER, MUGSHOTS.COM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE. IN ADDITION NAMES MAY BE SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS. FOR LATEST CASE STATUS, CONTACT THE OFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHICH ORIGINALLY RELEASED THE INFORMATION.
Good point. This chick comes across as a drama queen. I can imagine the police rolling their eyes but since she’s a woman felt compelled to at least make the effort. Wouldn’t be surprised if the police shat in their report between the lines as it were.
It’s none of your business what I am. If you look at the processing issue:”. Even suspects who receive citations in lieu of being taken to jail often must go through a booking process within a few days of their arrest.”
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-happens-during-booking.html
Notice, this appears to be what occurred here. As I stated the evidence does not disclose he was processed right away as stated in the above. That is no mug shot and prints. Someone can prove me wrong of course.
Admitted in NY, FL and DC.
Defs are photographed, fingerprinted, etc. only after an arrest, (which did not happen) in cases such as this.
Arrest happens after SA gets a True Bill from a GJ or in some cases, files an “Information” based on SA’s own investigation or more often information from local LEOs.
(Of course, in case of a drunk driving or other such matter, the LEO witnessed the act, so an arrest can be made then.)
I don’t believe it ever reached that stage here. Local PD “asked for”/recommended a charging as above. SA has apparently declined to do so.
If so, SA usually has 180 days to reverse that decision, but effectively the case is DOA.
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