Donald Trump is still defending his campaign manager after alleged violence

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Donald Trump is standing behind his campaign manager. Corey Lewandowski allegedly assaulted reporter Michelle Fields at a campaign event, and on Saturday, video footage surfaced of him apparently grabbing a protester's collar at a Trump rally in Arizona.

Trump doesn't seem worried.

"I give [Lewandowski] credit for having spirit," Trump said Sunday on ABC's This Week. "He wanted them to take down those horrible profanity-laced signs."

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Trump's campaign is maintaining that Lewandowski didn't make contact with the protester.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.