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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“I just love it when these tough guys are pushing around women, don’t you guys? Red-blooded Americans, is that what you like?” - Mark levin
“I want to ask my fellow conservatives, from sea to shining sea, in whatever walk of life you are, however much income you earn, is this what you want? And this 28-year-old girl, a conservative reporting for a conservative website, like Amanda Carpenter, a conservative, like Heidi Cruz, a conservative, all young professional women, is this what you want? And all that Michelle Fields asked for was an apology. And instead they start trashing her. And their mouthpieces on radio and TV, they start trashing her … Is this what the hell you want in the White House? It’s pathetic!”
A 28 year old is not a girl and Levin is a retard.
Ha-ha hahahahaha.. All those Lying leftists and their Cruz compatriots can suck it!
Chalk this up as failed lie #??? for that lying ditz ho bag Fields. I can’t even keep track anymore.
First dose of Crow for the Cruzers and media whores and there’s plenty more to come.
Why should Corey have apologized? What did he do that is any different than any other media scrum? Except she is a poor sensitive snowflake, and can’t handle the heat when she’s in the kitchen.
Did she apologize for ignoring Secret Service’s instructions to stay back?
Did she apologize for lying about being “almost thrown down”?
What is it with you Texans?
That is simply absurd. You might want to revisit old-school elementary Civics on how the legal system works in the USA.
Agreed GPH. Good Lord if that wasn’t the damn dumbest post in the history of FR. Anyone who saw that video and STILL thinks that the little chippie broad Fields had ANY case is flat out brain dead.
“Why should Corey have apologized?”
The people attacking Corey would’ve used his apology against him, that’s why they wanted him to apologize.
Good. The whole incident was much exaggerated by both sides.
Complete BS. I followed these threads closely. Numerous Ted supporters where raking this poor guy over the coals and and then ascribing violence to Trump’s campaign. Hew your BS somewhere’s else. Not to me. You may be pure as the driven snow but a lot of your colleagues are much less charitable.
What you implied was that he was guilty in fact, and that the prosecuor was abusing discretion by not taking the case.
As I am sure you are aware, you are known by what you post.
Furthermore: Either a crime happened or a crime didn’t happen. An apology is irrelevant to whether a crime happened.
If a woman is raped, she doesn’t say, “I wouldn’t have pressed charges if he had simply apologized.” Either she was raped or she wasn’t.
No one says the rape charges “...never would have gone that far if he had just apologized.”
Excellent.
She said he used his teeth and dragged her to the ground. Go ahead and defend those accusations and continue to lie with this serial drama queen. You’re pathetic.
Maybe Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg could submit time sheets and files for this case along with those of at least three other similar cases.
Quite certain that it received no more attention than the typical middemeanor case of its kind. / snark off
Florida is the Sunshine State after all, no?
I see hundreds of battery cases every day on the subway it seems. Cruzers would never last in the real world.
Grabgate failed to derail the Trump Train.
Not only that she's got a tainted name now in the industry.
“I am not saying he should be prosecuted - I think the whole thing was kind of silly, and never would have gone that far if he had just apologized. But I am saying that a decision to not prosecute is NOT the same as saying he was innocent.”
This is another worthless comment. Besides the fact that in law when you are charged criminally you are PRESUMED INNOCENT what do you think it means when the prosecutor doesn’t even believe in his case enough to prosecute it and thus drops the charge? He is maybe innocent? I hope to hell you never have to go through what this poor guy went through and then after it is determined there is no case to be made people continue and slander you that you are not really innocent.
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