Trump still insists his campaign manager is innocent of assaulting reporter

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Gerald Herbert/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free _Mother Jones Daily_. Donald Trump is defending his campaign manager to the


very end, despite mounting evidence against him. On Tuesday morning, Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was charged with misdemeanor battery for forcibly grabbing reporter Michelle


Fields at an event in Jupiter, Florida, on March 8. A video released Tuesday clearly shows Lewandowski grabbing Fields. But on Tuesday afternoon, Trump took to Twitter to defend the man


running his campaign for president—and claim the new footage proves nothing. > Wow, Corey Lewandowski, my campaign manager and a very decent man, > was just charged with assaulting a 


reporter. Look at tapes-nothing > there! >  > — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2016 This is not the first time the Trump team has denied the incident—indeed, there is


a long list of denials and smears targeted at Fields. Lewandowski intends to plead not guilty. _Update 3:15 p.m. ET: _Trump suggested later on Tuesday that Fields should be the one facing


charges for grabbing him and “shout[ing] questions.” > Victory press conference was over. > Why is she allowed to grab me and shout questions? Can I press > charges? 


pic.twitter.com/qbW2RjkINX >  > — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2016