Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, will not be prosecuted in Florida for battery after he allegedly manhandled a reporter, Politico reported on Wednesday night, citing unnamed sources.
CNN also reported that Lewandowski will not be prosecuted early Thursday morning, citing unnamed sources.
Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg did not comment on Lewandowski’s case on Wednesday, but told Politico last week that local police in Jupiter, Florida — where the charges were filed — have a lower standard for probable cause in battery cases.
“We have a higher standard to go forward with a prosecution,” he said last week.
Aronberg will hold a press conference on Thursday, according to the New York Times. He will announce that the county will not press charges, Politico reported.
Local Florida police in March charged Lewandowski with misdemeanor battery after former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields filed a police report claiming that he forcefully grabbed her arm when she tried to ask Donald Trump a question following a press conference.
Fields told The Blaze on Wednesday night that she is considering filing a defamation lawsuit against Lewandowski. Politico also reported that Fields might file a defamation suit, citing an unnamed source.
After Fields accused Lewandowski of grabbing her and nearly forcing her to the ground, the Trump campaign attempted to paint Fields as “delusional” and as an “attention seeker.” Following Fields’ initial accusations, the Trump campaign denied that the incident occurred. And when video of the incident was released by police, the campaign insisted that Lewandowski was innocent.
Ridiculous.
If he were black…risk of flight bail, 5-10 years, must serve 80%.
This whole debacle is an example of how the media is holding Drump (and anyone associated with him) to a different standard. What I saw on that video was pretty minor, and it’s entirely appropriate to drop the case. The courts are not supposed to be a political tool. Any good lawyer would have this thrown out in seconds.
Why is it that we are using all this minor BS, when there are so many legitimate easy targets? It makes us look bad.
So it’s perfectly legal (and you seem to think, normal) for someone to roughly grab another person and to yank her away from doing her job? What I’ve described is self-evident from the video; I’m not even getting into her and his gender, her photos of alleged bruises, or her claim that she was nearly yanked to the ground.
I’ve been involved in many media scrums. I’ve never seen a campaign aide yank a reporter like that. In fact, I’ve been alive for 57 years – and I’ve never been grabbed and yanked by another person, since perhaps elementary school. You seem to think this is just the way we ought to be allowed to act toward each other.
To lend credibility to your claim that Trump’s being held to a different standard, you need to come up with examples – multiple examples – where there’s video of aides from other campaigns grabbing and manhandling reporters. Show us the links.
“Pretty minor?”
Any unwanted contact between adults is actionable, or maybe you were raised differently?
BTW: blaming the media is nonsense.