Trump campaign manager charged with battery
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MJ Lee and Sara Murray, CNN Newswire
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(CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandoswki has been charged in Jupiter, Florida, with simple battery of former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, according to a police document.
Campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement Tuesday that Lewandowski is “absolutely innocent of this charge,” and will plead not guilty.
“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,” the statement said.
Hicks said Lewandowski is being represented by Scott Richardson of The Law Office of Scott N. Richardson, P.A. in West Palm Beach and Kendall Coffey of Coffey Burlington in Miami, and referred all further inquiries to Richardson’s law office.