Trump campaign manager will not be prosecuted, sources say

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 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.

“LOL. This is the level of discourse you are capable of. I am glad that you took the time to get the facts that you didn’t have before.”

Well you’re the one who basically called me ignorant. That’s ok I’ve been through many flame wars. But then don’t get all passive aggressive when it comes back to you.

Secondly, I had been looking at this document all along. With some other helpful suggestions it is clear that (a) he was arrested and (b) he wasn’t processed i.e., booked. Now I ask myself why didn’t you in the first place seek this document out instead of giving a lot of meaningless posting and wasting everyone’s time. At least I had the inclination to not be persuaded by others opinion as to whether he was arrested or not. I looked at the police statement stating he was and then I went to the source document which confirms he was. Now you, the Trump team et. al. may disagree and state it wasn’t a valid arrest but that is entirely a different issue.

“So unless the prosecutor decides to pursue the charges, someone is not booked? That doesn’t make sense. People are booked all the time without waiting for the prosecutor’s decision.”

Again, a simple search would turn up an answer to this which is in the affirmative. And it does make sense. In fact, it’s giving the poor guy the benefit of the doubt and letting the prosecution kick it before they print and mug shot him:

For example for one lawyer:

“You need to go to the court on the date listed on the citation. You could call the DA to ensure that the case was filed prior to the date. Sometimes they are not filed and you’d waste a trip to the jail. The court will order a “book and release” which, as other lawyers have told you, means they need to get your fingerprints, photo, address, etc. You will not go into custody. However, if you don’t show up on the date told, there will be a warrant, which means you could go into custody. You should consult an attorney immediately to discuss a diversion program.”

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-happens-if-i-don-t-show-for-booking-—petty-t-649388.html

Now a simple search would have helped you instead of me having to spoon feed you.

“If I recall, your post doesn’t include it, there was a court date set sometime in May. The prosecutor appears to have short-circuited the process without Corey even having his day in court. Does this really constitute an arrest and something that will be on his record?”

That’s how weak this case actually is that the prosecutor wouldn’t even let it go to the first appearance date.

And yes we are all otherwise on the same wavelength about this dumb-arse broad and her vendettas.

I predict that Mark Levin is going to be furious, and will yell at his audience for a week straight over this.

Sorry to be late to the party but I would like to point out that this whole incident exposes Ben Shapiro as either a fool or a fraud.

He said on the air he is a friend of this Fields character and vouched for her now known to be false story.

Further he penned an opus and quit Breitbart with his underwear in a bundle.

Another in it for the money and fame - fake conservative, Ben Shapiro, hiding behind I'm smarter than you rants thus joining the ranks of Medved and Levin.

Beginning to think that whole riot thing at his speech 2 or so months back was an orchestrated riot - but I might be channeling Oliver Stone there - or is it Roger Stone.

One of the things I liked about being a conservative was the ability to do my own thinking. Its becoming increasingly obvious these useful idiots are unwitting shills for the establishment.

It must be getting bad because Medved did one his condescending break downs followed by a loaded rhetorical questions to prove he isn't on the take.

These pimps of punditry are doing what they do pushing whores for their GOPe bosses.

Gonna be funny seeing these former newsie cons on MSNBC when their audience picks up and leaves in mass and the advertisers move along.

So to conclude its official Ben Shapiro currently receives a D-Bag ratings he seems to be suffering from an acute case of TDS. I so hope he isn't the fraud phony he is turning out to be.

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