West Palm Beach, FL – Donald Trump’s campaign manager will not be prosecuted on a misdemeanor battery charge after prosecutors determined there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of forcibly grabbing a female reporter, according to a court document filed Thursday.
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Police had last month charged Corey Lewandowski after determining that a videotape showed the New York City resident grabbed reporter Michelle Fields by the arm. She worked for the conservative Breitbart News website at the time and was trying to ask Trump a question after a March 8 appearance. Fields later tweeted a photograph of her bruised forearm and said she had been yanked backward.
“Although there was probable cause to make an arrest, the evidence cannot prove all legally required elements of the crime alleged and is insufficient to support a criminal prosecution,” according to a court document filed by state attorney Dave Aronberg.
Lewandowski had denied grabbing Fields and the Republican presidential candidate had stood by him, rejecting calls by his opponents to fire him. Instead he went after Fields, accusing her of exaggerating and changing her story.
At a Wisconsin campaign rally hours after Lewandowski was charged, Trump read Fields’ account aloud: “Maybe he touched (her) a little bit, but I didn’t see,” Trump told the crowd. “It was almost like he was trying to keep her off me, right?”
Fields weighed in on Twitter: “My story never changed. Seriously, just stop lying.”
She quit Breitbart shortly after the altercation, saying its editors didn’t support her as they tried to maintain their relationship with Trump. Other Breitbart employees also quit.
She’s the one who should be charged for grabbing Mr. Trump! What a pathetic money hungry, publicity seeking stunt she pulled.
To #1 - Lewandowski had no business shoving her arm, as it was the job of the Secret Service to protect Trump, not his. She should sue Lewandowski for her bruises, which were documented, and also for his defamatory statements, which he made about her. I think that Trump will quietly part ways with Lewandowski, by giving him a generous severance package. He must ease him out of his position, as he will become a distraction in the general election. In 1961, when the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School (on Ave. J) was being dedicated, and Gov. Rockefeller spoke at that event. As he was leaving, and was safely in his car, a number of young boys went up to his car to say hello. A plainclothes cop physically shoved those kids away from the car. However, when Rockefeller first came there and was greeted by some boys, another cop also tried to shove one away. I know for a fact that one of the kids kicked that nasty cop and ran. The cop deserved it, as their authority went to their heads! They did the same thing in 1960, when JFK came to Kings Highway. A motorcycle cop tried to run pedestrians over, with his motorcycle. The crowd then shoved the cop off his motorcycle.