Corey Lewandowski is charged with one count of simple battery. According to the police report, the reporter, Michelle Fields, told police that she asked Trump a question after the March 8 event, as he was making his way toward the exit of the ballroom at the Trump National Golf Club, and felt someone “yank her left arm.” She then asked a Washington Post reporter standing nearby “if it was ‘Corey’ who grabbed her.” The Post reporter, Ben Terris, confirmed it was Lewandowski who had grabbed her arm. [pdf-embedder url=”https://thenigerialawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lewandowski.pdf”] (Sections of the report containing contact information have been redacted by NPR above). The police report says Fields showed an officer her arm “which revealed bruising from what appeared to be several finger marks indicating a grabbing type injury.” Lewandowski has previously denied involvement in the incident, calling Fields “totally delusional” in a tweet: https://twitter.com/CLewandowski_/status/708162663579144192 However video tape released by the Jupiter Police Department appears to show Lewandowski grabbing Fields as she walked along side Trump. Lewandowski has agreed to a court appearance on May 4. https://youtu.be/IGz5DPqU-p0 Trump tweeted Tuesday that the “tapes” (other views of the scene had circulated previously) showed “nothing there”: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/714855025055514624 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/714855791199719424 Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks also defended Lewandowski Tuesday morning, saying in a statement : “Mr. Lewandowski was issued a Notice to Appear and was given a court date. He was not arrested. Mr. Lewandowski is absolutely innocent of this charge. He will enter a plea of not guilty and looks forward to his day in court. He is completely confident that he will be exonerated.” Trump had weighed in earlier this month as well, saying: “This was, in my opinion, made up. Everybody said nothing happened. Perhaps she made the story up. I think that’s what happened.” Fields resigned from her Breitbart post after the incident, saying the news outlet had not stood behind her. Fields’ resignation was followed by that of Breitbart editor-at-large Ben Shapiro, and a handful of other employees who alleged the conservative news outlet was more protective of the Trump campaign than of Fields. Shortly after the alleged incident with Fields, Lewandowski was back in the news after a video appeared to show him grabbing a protester’s shirt collar at a rally in Arizona. In that video, a member of Trump’s security detail can also be seen reaching for the shirt — the campaign said it was that man who yanked the protester, not Lewandowski. Source: usatoday ]]>