Breitbart Reporter Files Criminal Charges Against Trump Campaign Manager For Alleged Battery
Politics
Michelle Fields, the Breitbart reporter who alleges she was physically assaulted by Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, has filed a criminal complaint, according to the Independent Journal Review.
Fields says she tried to ask Trump a question about affirmative action, but was interrupted when Lewandowski grabbed her arm.
On Thursday, Politico published a transcript of audio of a conversation between Fields and Washington Post reporter Ben Terris that took place shortly after the confrontation:
Terris: “You OK?”
Fields: “Holy sh*t.”
Terris: “Yea he just threw you down.”
Fields: “I can’t believe he just did that that was so hard. Was that Corey?”
Terris: “Yeah, like, what threat were you?”
Fields: “That was insane. You should have felt how hard he grabbed me. That’s insane. I’ve never had anyone do that to me from a campaign.”
Terris: “Can I put that in my story?”
Fields: “Yeah, go for it — that was really awful. That’s so unprofessional.”
Terris: “He really just almost threw you down on the ground.”
Fields: “He literally went like this and was grabbing me down. “I don’t even want to do what he just did to me. Oh my God, that really spooked me that someone would do that.”
Terris: “What threat were you?”
Fields: “Nothing. I was asking about affirmative action.”
Terris: “And he probably knows you, right?”
Fields: “Yeah, I don’t understand. That looks horrible. You’re going after a Breitbart reporter, the people who are nicest to you?”
Terris: “I know, I’m going to put it in my story.”
Lewandowski has been tweeting articles from troll-bait website GotNews.com denying the encounter took place.