Speaking to reporters ahead of his campaign event in Wisconsin, Donald Trump defended his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who was charged with battery earlier today.
“When somebody is maligned so unfairly as that, I will stick by them,” Trump told reporters aboard his private plane. “I just can't stand by and watch a man's life be destroyed.”
Lewandowski was charged with simple battery in Jupiter, Florida, for an alleged incident involving former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields following a Trump press conference on March 8 at Trump National Golf Club.
But Trump said today that Lewandowski was trying to block Fields from grabbing him.
“He was trying to block her,” Trump said, referring to video released Tuesday by the Jupiter Police along with the police report. “That's the way I would view it, and she's grabbing me and asking questions. She's not even supposed to ask questions.”
“Does that mean that I'm supposed to file charges against her?” Trump asked. “She was grabbing me.”
Trump called the battery charge "unfair," and said that he will stick by his campaign manager.
“I know it would be very easy for me to discard people,” he said. “I don't discard people. I stay with people.”
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