Latest arrest will ‘not be good’ for Donald Trump’s campaign
Mar 29, 2016, 9:24 AM | Updated: 9:49 am
In this Aug. 25, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks with his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after speaking at a news conference in Dubuque, Iowa. Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields, who said that she was grabbed by Lewandowski as she attempted to question Trump in Florida on Tuesday, March 8, has resigned from the conservative website, saying that she can't work for an organization that doesn't support her. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Donald Trump’s campaign manager may have just made the race for the Republican presidential nomination more challenging for the billionaire. In fact, the ramifications could be “huge.”
“I have to think it’s not going to be good for Trump,” Washington Post Reporter David Fahrenthold told KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross.
Florida police charged Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with simple battery in connection with an incident earlier in the month involving a reporter.
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Surveillance video allegedly shows Corey Lewandowski grab reporter Michelle Fields https://t.co/YaeZ4xadOw
— Boston Press (@Boston_CP) March 29, 2016
Police in Jupiter, Florida, issued Lewandowski a notice Tuesday to appear before a judge on May 4 for the misdemeanor charge. A surveillance video released by the police appears to show Lewandowski grabbing Michelle Fields, a reporter for Breitbart News at the time, as she tried to ask Trump a question during a March 8 campaign event.
Trump says Lewandowski is innocent. Lewandowski, he says, will enter a not guilty plea.
You can listen to Dave Ross’ entire conversation with David Fahrenthold here.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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