{"id":34681,"date":"2016-03-30T22:19:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T02:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=34681"},"modified":"2016-03-30T22:20:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T02:20:03","slug":"lewandowski-prosecutor-outed-as-hillary-supporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=34681","title":{"rendered":"LEWANDOWSKI PROSECUTOR OUTED AS HILLARY SUPPORTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Put on Florida Democratic Party&#8217;s campaign-endorsing council<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jerome Corsi<br \/>\nWND.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34686\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hillary-Clinton-WH.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34686\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34686\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34686\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hillary-Clinton-WH.jpg\" alt=\"Hillary Clinton (White House photo)\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hillary-Clinton-WH.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hillary-Clinton-WH-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hillary Clinton (White House photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">NEW YORK \u2013 The Florida prosecutor who brought battery charges against Donald Trump\u2019s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, supports Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign for president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">An <a href=\"http:\/\/postonpolitics.blog.palmbeachpost.com\/2015\/11\/17\/hillary-clintons-150-member-florida-team-a-little-thin-on-palm-beach-county-backers\/\"><span class=\"s2\">article published by the Palm Beach Post<\/span><\/a> on Nov. 17, 2015, has been circulating since Tuesday evening because it lists Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg as a member 150-member Florida Leadership Council, which was established by the Democratic Party to promote Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential candidacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The article states that Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg and Tax Collector Anne Gannon \u201care also part of Clinton\u2019s Florida team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2015\/12\/hillary-for-prosecution-not-president\/\"><i>Hillary for prosecution, not president! Join the sizzling campaign to put Mrs. Clinton where she really belongs<\/i><i><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Mike Cernovich, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dangerandplay.com\/2016\/03\/29\/corey-lewandowski-battery-michelle-fields\/\"><span class=\"s2\">writing Tuesday in the blog DangerAndPlay.com<\/span><\/a>, cited the Palm Beach Post article in arguing the charges against Lewandowski were politically motivated. He contended \u201cthere was no assault,\u201d because reporter Michelle Fields \u201cwas heading towards Trump and was brushed away due to security concerns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34687\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dave-aronberg-portrait-300x300.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34687\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34687\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dave-aronberg-portrait-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Aronberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dave-aronberg-portrait-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dave-aronberg-portrait-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Aronberg<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg\u2019s office hasn\u2019t yet weighed in on what it will do, Bob McGovern reported in the Boston Herald on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThat\u2019s probably because this high-profile case will be tough to prove in court. In Florida, you have to show that Lewandowski \u2018actually and intentionally\u2019 touched Fields against her will.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">McGovern wrote that the \u201cball is in Aronberg\u2019s court now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s4\"><b><i>Related story:<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2016\/03\/secret-service-source-breitbart-reporter-touched-trump\/\"><span class=\"s3\"><i>Secret Service source gives NEW\u00a0version of Trump scuffle<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAnd even though he\u2019s a well-known Hillary Clinton supporter, those who know Aronberg\u2019s office say there is little reason to believe he\u2019ll try to score political points by throwing the book at Lewandowski.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sa15.state.fl.us\/stateattorney\/OurOffice\/indexSAbio.htm\">The official website for the Office of State Attorney for the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> notes Aronberg, elected state attorney for the 15th Judicial Circuit in November 2012, is a former assistant attorney general, a White House fellow in 2000 and a Florida state senator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDave Aronberg was born in Miami,\u201d the Palm Beach County website continues. \u201cHe attended public schools before going on to graduate with honors from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. After graduation, he worked in the litigation department of a large South Florida law firm while also working closely with then-Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson to investigate European insurance companies that refused to honor World War II-era policies sold to victims of the Holocaust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn 2010, Aronberg returned to the Florida Attorney General\u2019s Office as a special prosecutor for prescription drug trafficking,\u201d the website continues. \u201cIn his role as the Attorney General\u2019s \u2018Drug Czar,\u2019 Aronberg led an anti-pill mill initiative that helped clean up the pain clinic industry and reduced the record number of people dying each day from oxycodone abuse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s4\"><b><i>Concerned individuals may <\/i><\/b><a href=\"mailto:StateAttorney@sa15.state.fl.us\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>contact the Palm Beach County State\u00a0Attorney\u2019s\u00a0Office by email<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><b><i> or by calling (561) 355-7100.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">A Newsmax TV interview April 7, 2015, pitted Aronberg against Sid Dinerstein, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, regarding how the antagonism between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would impact Florida voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>See the report:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s5\">3-30-16, Left-leaning Palm Beach County Florida State attorney and right-leaning chairman of the Republican Party of Florida debate the impact of the battle raging between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the liberal base of the Democratic Party, in particular Jewish voters, and whether this could truly offer the GOP an opportunity in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s5\">Former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields filed assault charges against Lewandowski this week, alleging the campaign manager roughed her to the point of bruising her arm. She claims video of the incident proves she was wrongfully handled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Trump, meanwhile, has defended Lewandowski, saying the video actually clears his campaign manager of wrongdoing. The candidate suggests Fields is using Florida law \u2013 which defines battery as just about any type of unwanted physical contact \u2013 for a political or personal agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">In a tweet, Trump wrote, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2016\/03\/trump-aide-charged-with-misdemeanor-battery\/\"><span class=\"s2\">WND previously reported<\/span><\/a>: \u201cWow, Corey Lewandowski, my campaign manager and a very decent man, was just charged with assaulting a reporter. Look at tapes \u2013 nothing there!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s5\">Trump says Corey Lewandowski is innocent after he was charged with battery of Breitbart reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s5\">One unnamed Secret Service agent, meanwhile, has given a different version of events, saying in a statement to the London Daily Mail that Fields \u201ccrossed in between agents and our protectee after being told not to,\u201d and touched Trump first, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2016\/03\/secret-service-source-breitbart-reporter-touched-trump\/\"><span class=\"s3\">WND reported<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34688\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Corey-Trump-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34688\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34688\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Corey-Trump-1.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up image of security footage shows Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reaching for Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields\" width=\"600\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Corey-Trump-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Corey-Trump-1-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up image of security footage shows Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reaching for Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_34689\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Trump-tweet-3-29-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34689\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34689\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34689\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Trump-tweet-3-29-2.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up image of security footage shows Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reaching for Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields\" width=\"600\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Trump-tweet-3-29-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Trump-tweet-3-29-2-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up image of security footage shows Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reaching for Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Trump tweeted a photo of what appeared to be Fields\u2019 hand brushing his elbow. He asked, \u201cWhy is this reporter touching me as I leave news conference? What is in her hand?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2016\/03\/lewandowski-prosecutor-outed-as-hillary-supporter\/\">http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2016\/03\/lewandowski-prosecutor-outed-as-hillary-supporter\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put on Florida Democratic Party&#8217;s campaign-endorsing council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}