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DonViejo

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Fri Sep 23, 2016, 06:35 PM Sep 2016

Corey Lewandowski set to collect nearly $500,000 from Trump campaign

By Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy September 23 at 6:10 PM

Corey Lewandowski is set to be paid nearly half a million dollars by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign by the end of the year, with almost a quarter of his compensation coming after the controversial political operative’s June ouster as campaign manager.

Lewandowski, who is now serving as a paid commentator on CNN, collected at least $415,000 in salary, bonuses and severance from the Trump campaign between April 2015 and August of this year, according to a Washington Post analysis of federal campaign finance filings. Campaign officials said he will continue receiving his $20,000 monthly pay as severance until the end of the year, which would give him a total of $495,000 over two years.

His compensation appears to be higher than that of his counterparts, though a direct comparison is difficult because Lewandowski is paid a flat fee through a limited-liability company rather than a campaign paycheck.

After taxes and deductions, Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, has earned between $7,000 and $11,000 a month this cycle, according to federal filings. He has been paid a total of $141,704 in salary between April 2015 through August of this year. In the 2012 campaign, Matt Rhoades, who ran GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign, earned between $12,050 and $13,750 a month after deductions, for a total of $312,884 in salary and bonuses, campaign finance reports show. President Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina was paid around $10,000 a month after deductions, earning $280,331 by the end of the cycle.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/corey-lewandowski-set-to-collect-nearly-500000-from-trump-campaign/2016/09/23/a2fe5076-81b0-11e6-a52d-9a865a0ed0d4_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-politics

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Corey Lewandowski set to collect nearly $500,000 from Trump campaign (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2016 OP
No problem. Trump won't pay it. no_hypocrisy Sep 2016 #1
i thought the same thing....after Nov 8th, payments will stop. KewlKat Sep 2016 #2

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