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Trump Fires Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski

HeadlineJun 21, 2016

Trump fired campaign manager Corey Lewandowski Monday amid reports of tensions between Lewandowski and Trump’s family, and concerns over whether he could run a competitive race. Lewandowski was charged with battery in March after surveillance footage showed him grabbing reporter Michelle Fields. Fields said Lewandowski left bruises on her arm. The charges were later dropped. Lewandowski spoke after news of his departure Monday.

Corey Lewandowski: “I think, you know, what has been clear from the get-go, that my strategy has been, and at some level of successful, is 'Let Trump be Trump.' And you’ve got a person who has completely changed the way that politics is viewed in this country for the better. And you’ve got a thoroughbred, a person like Donald Trump who has had his his heart and his finger on the pulse of the American people for a long time. And so, you know, I like to say that I’m a person who’s been able to help implement some of his ideas.”

Trump parted ways with another high-level staffer Monday. Michael Caputo, who was set to serve as the campaign’s communications director at the Republican convention, tweeted, “Ding dong the witch is dead!” following news of Lewandowski’s ouster. Caputo later resigned, acknowledging, “In hindsight, that was too exuberant a reaction to this personnel move.”

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