Trump Aide’s Biting Defense

Corey Lewandowski, presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign manager, has been charged with committing battery against reporter Michelle Fields at a Trump campaign event in Florida earlier this month. Never mind the witnesses, video evidence, and police report; Candidate Trump defends his thuggish aide and blames the reporter.

Mr. Trump says he got Mr. Lewandowski a lawyer. What kind of lawyer did he get to defend a guy charged with manhandling a woman? One who quit his federal job when he was accused of biting a stripper.

More:

“Trump’s many reactions to battery charges against his campaign manager,” Rebecca Sinderbrand, Washington Post

Updates:

“Trump campaign shrinks Lewandowski’s role,” Ben Schreckinger and Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico

“Corey Lewandowski Called Co-Worker ‘F*cking B*tch,’ Yelled at Subordinate for Visiting Dying Grandma,” Patricia Murphy, Daily Beast

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