Republican
presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Monday shook up his White House bid as he
looks to a November showdown with Hillary Clinton, letting go his
controversial
campaign manager.
Corey Lewandowski — who had led the real estate mogul’s
campaign from the start and was credited with Trump’s initial breakthrough in
the primaries — has recently been sidelined, with more experienced political
operatives taking over in the run-up to November 8. Lewandowski courted
controversy earlier this year over a March run-in with a reporter at a Trump
rally.
She accused him of roughly grabbing her, leaving bruises, but he denied
that account. Florida prosecutors opted to drop all charges. “The Donald J.
Trump Campaign for President, which has set a historic record in the Republican
primary having received almost 14 million votes, has today announced that Corey
Lewandowski will no longer be working with the campaign,” spokeswoman Hope
Hicks told The New York Times in a statement.
“The campaign
is grateful to Corey for his hard work and dedication and we wish him the best
in the future.” Trump’s team did not specify the terms of Lewandowski’s
departure. The 70-year-old Trump has recently taken a hit in the national
polls, and sources within his campaign told the Times that he was looking to
make changes ahead of the Republican national convention in mid-July.
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