Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 7, 2021 3:06:07 GMT
Poor Corey Lewandowski.....
Lewandowski Demanded Cash After MAGA-Land Kicked Him to the Curb
GET HIM OUTTA HERE
"It doesn’t matter if he’d asked for five dollars, it wasn’t going to happen," one individual familiar with the situation said.
Asawin Suebsaeng
Senior Political Reporter
Roger Sollenberger
Political Reporter
Updated Oct. 06, 2021 9:24PM ET Published Oct. 06, 2021 9:13PM ET
Last week, Donald Trump announced the exile of his confidant and former top campaign aide Corey Lewandowski, with advisers banishing him from leading a major pro-Trump super PAC, following sexual-misconduct allegations against the loyalist from a big GOP donor.
But Lewandowski, initially, wouldn’t go, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
One person who was keen on Lewandowski walking away empty handed was none other than his ex-boss and pal: former President Trump. The twice-impeached ex-president, and current leader of the GOP, didn’t want to see Lewandowski slinking away with any of that money—which Trump views as his money, despite the patina of distance that is legally required between candidates and super PACs.
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Instead of grappling with the notoriously belligerent operative, however, his MAGA Action colleagues simply abandoned him. Within days of Lewandowski’s firing they’d spun up a new super PAC, with a strikingly familiar name: Make America Great Again, Again! A pointed press statement on Monday declared the new group “the ONLY Trump-approved super PAC,” making no mention of the wayward former leader by name.
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While Lewandowski’s own demands came up short this go-round, he was acting on precedent. After his ignominious dismissal during Trump’s first run—also prompted by accusations of assaulting a woman—Lewandowski scored a fat $20,000-a-month severance, netting him a total of nearly half a million dollars for his 14 months of service.
www.thedailybeast.com/lewandowski-demanded-cash-after-maga-land-kicked-him-to-the-curb
Lewandowski Demanded Cash After MAGA-Land Kicked Him to the Curb
GET HIM OUTTA HERE
"It doesn’t matter if he’d asked for five dollars, it wasn’t going to happen," one individual familiar with the situation said.
Asawin Suebsaeng
Senior Political Reporter
Roger Sollenberger
Political Reporter
Updated Oct. 06, 2021 9:24PM ET Published Oct. 06, 2021 9:13PM ET
Last week, Donald Trump announced the exile of his confidant and former top campaign aide Corey Lewandowski, with advisers banishing him from leading a major pro-Trump super PAC, following sexual-misconduct allegations against the loyalist from a big GOP donor.
But Lewandowski, initially, wouldn’t go, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
One person who was keen on Lewandowski walking away empty handed was none other than his ex-boss and pal: former President Trump. The twice-impeached ex-president, and current leader of the GOP, didn’t want to see Lewandowski slinking away with any of that money—which Trump views as his money, despite the patina of distance that is legally required between candidates and super PACs.
***
Instead of grappling with the notoriously belligerent operative, however, his MAGA Action colleagues simply abandoned him. Within days of Lewandowski’s firing they’d spun up a new super PAC, with a strikingly familiar name: Make America Great Again, Again! A pointed press statement on Monday declared the new group “the ONLY Trump-approved super PAC,” making no mention of the wayward former leader by name.
***
While Lewandowski’s own demands came up short this go-round, he was acting on precedent. After his ignominious dismissal during Trump’s first run—also prompted by accusations of assaulting a woman—Lewandowski scored a fat $20,000-a-month severance, netting him a total of nearly half a million dollars for his 14 months of service.
www.thedailybeast.com/lewandowski-demanded-cash-after-maga-land-kicked-him-to-the-curb