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| Corey Lewandowski: Trump campaign manager charged with alleged assault | Corey Lewandowski: Trump campaign manager charged with alleged assault |
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| Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was charged with battery on Tuesday over an incident involving a reporter during a rally earlier this month. | |
| Police in Jupiter, Florida, released footage of Lewandowski grabbing the arm of Michelle Fields, at the time a Breitbart reporter, on 8 March. In the clip Fields can be seen wearing a cream blazer in the bottom left of the crowd. Lewandowski appears to grab her arm and pull her back, while Trump continues to walk forwards. | |
| The police report states: “Lewandowski grabbed Fields’s left arm with his right hand causing her to turn and step back.” Fields showed police her left forearm which “appeared to show a grabbing-type injury”, according to the investigating officer. | The police report states: “Lewandowski grabbed Fields’s left arm with his right hand causing her to turn and step back.” Fields showed police her left forearm which “appeared to show a grabbing-type injury”, according to the investigating officer. |
| Fields has said she was attempting to ask Trump a question when Lewandowski grabbed her. | Fields has said she was attempting to ask Trump a question when Lewandowski grabbed her. |
| Fields tweeted pictures of her bruised arm after the incident. She resigned from Breitbart a week later, stating that the rightwing website had not supported her. | Fields tweeted pictures of her bruised arm after the incident. She resigned from Breitbart a week later, stating that the rightwing website had not supported her. |
| I guess these just magically appeared on me @CLewandowski_ @realDonaldTrump. So weird. pic.twitter.com/oD8c4D7tw3 | I guess these just magically appeared on me @CLewandowski_ @realDonaldTrump. So weird. pic.twitter.com/oD8c4D7tw3 |
| Lewandowski has denied he touched her. | Lewandowski has denied he touched her. |
| @MichelleFields you are totally delusional. I never touched you. As a matter of fact, I have never even met you. | @MichelleFields you are totally delusional. I never touched you. As a matter of fact, I have never even met you. |
| But he turned himself in to Jupiter police around 8am on Tuesday, with charges of misdemeanor battery laid shortly afterwards, reports the Palm Beach Post. | |
| Trump said his campaign manager was “absolutely innocent”. He “will enter a plea of not guilty and looks forward to his day in court. He is completely confident that he will be exonerated,” the Republican frontrunner said. | Trump said his campaign manager was “absolutely innocent”. He “will enter a plea of not guilty and looks forward to his day in court. He is completely confident that he will be exonerated,” the Republican frontrunner said. |
| Lewandowski is due to appear in court on 4 May. | Lewandowski is due to appear in court on 4 May. |
| The Associated Press contributed to this report | The Associated Press contributed to this report |