Trump campaign manager charged with assault
Donald Trump's campaign manager has been charged with battery in connection with allegations of manhandling a female reporter.
|||Washington - Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been charged with battery in relation to allegations of manhandling a female reporter earlier in March, various US media reported Tuesday.
The charges were brought by police in Jupiter, Florida, where the alleged incident occurred. Former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields accused Lewandowski of roughly pulling her away as she approached Trump at an event.
A spokeswomen for Trump's campaign said that Lewandowski was absolutely innocent, and looked forward to his day in court.
Trump himself took to Twitter to defend his campaign manager: “Wow, Corey Lewandowski, my campaign manager and a very decent man, was just charged with assaulting a reporter. Look at tapes-nothing there!”
In Florida a simple battery conviction can lead to up to a year in prison or a fine.
Video footage of the alleged incident was captured on a surveillance camera and appears to show Lewandowski grabbing the reporter's arm.
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