Posted on 03/29/2016 12:26:18 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged in Florida with simple battery The charge stems from a March 8 incident in which now former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields approached Trump to ask a question Lewandowski allegedly grabbed Fields' arm leaving bruises She reported the incident to police three days later Trump already issued a statement saying Lewandowski will be 'exonerated' Republican front-runner Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been charged with simple battery for allegedly grabbing a reporter, in a case that may hinge on a Secret Service claim that the journalist first made unwanted physical contact with the billionaire-turned-politician.
'Victory press conference was over. Why is she allowed to grab me and shout questions? Can I press charges?' Trump tweeted this afternoon.
The misdemeanor case stems from an incident involving Lewandowski and now-former Breitbart.com reporter Michelle Fields.
After Trump's March 8 press conference at the Trump National Golf Course in Jupiter, Fields walked alongside him to ask a question and later said Lewandowski grabbed and bruised her.
Jupiter Police released surveillance footage on Tuesday giving the public an eagle-eye view of the incident where the grab at Fields is clear.
But speaking on condition of anonymity, a member of Trump’s Secret Service detail told DailyMail.com on Tuesday that Fields touched Trump twice – and was warned by agents to stop – before Lewandowski pulled her away.
'She crossed in between agents and our protectee after being told not to,' said the agent, who was present that night in Jupiter.
The aerial footage from inside the country club ballroom, which is a series of still photographs taken at steady intervals, doesn't capture Fields making contact with Trump. But it shows him apparently pulling his arm away from her.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
He’s defending his employee. Haven’t we had enough of politicians tossing people under the bus because it’s convenient?
I guess it just depends who’s doing the tossing.
Hey we have federal law ignored for millions of illegals - by the president, we have an administration that we know won’t prosecute its corrupt secretary of state.
So probably no big deal to just ignore the federal laws that undoubtedly are in place to assist the SS in protecting candidates.
It’s open season on republicans and the kids need to get behind the adults and let them stand up for us.
There it is.
“This is a 69 year old candidate but everyone thinks it’s fun and games to attack him, grab at him. Bunch of idiots.”
Amen!
You need to get a clue skippy. AS YOU SAID, the Secret Service were all around so when this guy decided to go rogue and do their job, there are consequences. GOT IT?
And Im sure your clients don’t get mad when their security is violated?
BTW I like a president who gets mad. How about you ducky?
Perhaps you commented without reading the article.
Lewandowski had served double duty as one of Trump’s ‘body’ men – his security forces – before Secret Service took over that role a few months earlier.
But Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said on CNN that Fields ‘crossed the threshold of the Secret Service,’ hinting at what might be a defense for Lewandowski during a scheduled May 4 hearing.
It’s unclear why agents themselves didn’t intervene.
Jeff DeWit, Trump’s Arizona campaign chairman, told CNN on Tuesday that Fields ‘lunge[d]’ into Trump’s ‘private space to try and stop him to ask a question and she has a circular object, I don’t know if it’s a highlighter or something ... in her hand that she’s touching to Donald Trump.’
‘When you lunge out of a crowd at a leading presidential candidate who has Secret Service protection and you touch him with an object I think it’s safe to say that you might get your arm grabbed,’ DeWit argued.
‘She lunged out from a crowd towards a leading presidential candidate with something in her hand. This keeps getting forgotten,’ DeWitt said, adding that Lewandowski had served double duty as one of Trump’s ‘body’ men – his security forces – before Secret Service took over that role a few months earlier.
Well hey he should take his bosses example and go for the hot women who do nude modeling. Not the angry reporter.
Exactly!
Lewandowski had served double duty as one of Trump’s ‘body’ men – his security forces – before Secret Service took over that role a few months earlier.
“9 “
Is this how many times it’s been posted here?
LOL
Too bad nobody cares....
Yes and they also think you can descend on his rallies in mobs and attack people’s cars with baseball bats as in Chicago.
There has to be some common sense here folks.
I hope Michelle drowns in her tears tonight doing her crying routine on tv again.
Some “reporter”.
This charge gets tossed.
‘..grasping Fields on the upper arm..’, which if true does not coincide with the released photo showing Fields bruising as being on her lower FOREARM.
AMEN to everything you quoted in post 67.
“Lewandowski had served double duty as one of Trump’s ‘body’ men – his security forces – before Secret Service took over that role a few months earlier.”
Doesn’t make him a Secret Agent Man, not even a pretend one.
Maybe a wanna be? Dunno, thats a fine line.
Tell it to the judge. Perhaps he’ll feel sorry for you.
The Secret service did not act quickly enough, got it?
I like a President who acts Presidential. Getting mad every time someone disagrees with you is not a positive personality trait in anyone let alone the President.
We're on a witch-hunt!
“Just imagine what he’d do if someone really did something bad, like asked him a hard question.”
Your response is why Cruz would be destroyed in 21 days as a nominees.
This NOT A GAME. You either fight fire with fire or get off the field.
Trump takes it to them, Cruz would run to Levin and hope that he could yell the thing away.
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