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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCorey Lewandowski in Exile: Banned at TFG Properties
After a GOP donor accused Corey Lewandowski of sexual misconduct late last month, the former top aide and confidant to ex-President Donald Trump didnt just lose his cushy job leading a pro-Trump super PAC. He was also fenced off sociallyquietly blacklisted at several Trump properties and clubs, MAGA events, and private social gatherings, especially if alcohol is served, The Daily Beast has learned.
The temporary directive, which three people familiar with the matter said came with Trumps personal blessing, was handed down shortly after a big Republican donor accused Lewandowski of sexually assaulting and harassing her over the course of an evening at a late-September charity function. In recent days, two of these sources said, Trump has made a point of telling close associates and Republican allies that they should avoid inviting Lewandowski to public events or parties, particularly if alcohol is flowing or if the event is held at one of the ex-presidents prized private clubs.
Others close to Trump have already told subordinates, as well as fellow players in the party and in the conservative movement more broadly, to remove Lewandowski (at least for now) from invitations and emails for upcoming GOP and MAGA festivities, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The message was also delivered in texts and an email viewed by The Daily Beast.
One text message instructed fellow Trump associates to simply turn Lewandowski away, or alert security, if he showed up to events in the foreseeable future.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/corey-lewandowski-exile-banned-trump-090358093.html
Womp womp womp
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)self-admitted sexual predator apparently wants the field to himself?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Except that the minute Poor Donny needs Lewandowski's trademark blend of threatening smarm, he'll give Corey a whistle, and Corey will come running.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)unsavory folks around him.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,942 posts)Corey is now about to find out what being shunned is like. Even Kristi Noem kicked him out of bed, or so it seems if rumors are true.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Only Trump can handle the staff.
Grasswire2
(13,565 posts)Or standing by a high window!
malaise
(268,717 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)So many top Republicans it appears to be a job requirement. Why shun someone now over this?
FakeNoose
(32,596 posts)... then Chump got word that Lewandowski messed around with Hope Hicks. (I'm pretty sure it happened several years ago, probably during the 2016 campaign. But still!)
Sympthsical
(9,041 posts)If he's showing up at social gatherings and getting shit-faced constantly, no one wants to be around it. It sounds like the harassment allegation grew out of one of these incidents.
They kept emphasizing the alcohol and "for now" in the article. Could be he's exiled until treatment. Trump is Trump, but a close associate getting hammered and harassing people at your gatherings on your properties isn't a good look for anyone.
Trump's blessing for the ban is about Trump's image, such as it is. But he also famously doesn't drink and has an aversion to those that do. His brother died of alcoholism, so it's a thing with him.
ms liberty
(8,558 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,292 posts)Donor accuses Corey of misbehavior; Trump shrugs.
Donor tells Trump to either get rid of Corey or give rd them their money back; Corey is history.
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)Its the twice murdering people Benihana style that they are worried about.
I hope that is being looked at by detectives who can dust off a cold case from when Lewandowski was a kid and knifing that are unsolved where he may have been.