This is proof that Donald Trump's man committed the crime of "simple battery" against Michelle Fields...
This is proof that Donald Trump's man committed the crime of "simple battery" against Michelle Fields. You can argue all you like that Corey Lewandowski didn't mean anything by it, that it wasn't as serious as Fields made it sound, and so on.
But none of that matters: he grabbed Fields and pulled her back, which is illegal, unless directly justified by the circumstances (for example, if she was illegally threatening someone, and he was stopping her).
Whether he should be charged, whether she should press charges, whether this should be a crime at all ... these are all subordinate questions. He committed the crime. And Trump is -- as usual -- lying when he says Lewandowski is innocent. It is now a matter of fact that Lewandowski is guilty of the crime of simple battery. He just hasn't been convicted yet.
But none of that matters: he grabbed Fields and pulled her back, which is illegal, unless directly justified by the circumstances (for example, if she was illegally threatening someone, and he was stopping her).
Whether he should be charged, whether she should press charges, whether this should be a crime at all ... these are all subordinate questions. He committed the crime. And Trump is -- as usual -- lying when he says Lewandowski is innocent. It is now a matter of fact that Lewandowski is guilty of the crime of simple battery. He just hasn't been convicted yet.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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