BATTERY: Secret Service source: Breitbart reporter touched Trump: ‘She crossed in between agents and our protectee after being told not to’. [archive]
After claiming former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields touched him, Trump asked Tuesday, “Can I press charges?”
As WND reported, [archive] Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, 41, is accused of accosting Fields at the March 8 rally after she purportedly touched Trump’s arm. Lewandowski was formally charged with misdemeanor battery Tuesday. Fields filed a police report three days after the incident in Jupiter, Florida, and claimed the encounter left bruises on her arm.
Lewandowski turned himself in to Jupiter, Florida, police early in the morning.
According to a report in London’s Daily Mail, a member of Trump’s Secret Service detail, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Fields touched Trump two times, and she was ordered by agents to stop before Lewandowski pulled her away.
“She crossed in between agents and our protectee after being told not to,” the agent reportedly told the Daily Mail.
On Fields’s claim of having been manhandled:
Trump discussed the matter with reporters late in the day Tuesday, and urged people to view the video and compare it with Fields’ initial statement.
“You take a look at her initial statement. It sounded like she got thrown out of a building,” Trump said. “Take a look at her facial expression. Her facial expression doesn’t even change.”
Related: How Michelle Fields Conned Prosecutors into Charging Corey Lewandowski with Battery. [archive]
Also: Clinton Operative Files Bogus Criminal Charges Against Corey Lewandowski. [archive]