Republican consultant suing Donald Trump
A GOP consultant has filed a $4 million defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump and his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, claiming the men launched a smear campaign against her after she criticized Trump's debate style during an interview with Megyn Kelly.
In her suit, Cheryl Jacobus says during the Jan. 27, 2016, episode of Morning Joe, Lewandowski "wrongly and maliciously" said she was talking about Trump because he turned her down multiple times for a job. On Feb. 2, Trump tweeted that Jacobus "begged us for a job" and when the campaign said no, "she went hostile. A real dummy!" The suit says once the tweet was published, Jacobus was "inundated with an avalanche of vicious ridicule and scorn" by Trump supporters, and even after her lawyer sent a cease and desist letter on Feb. 3, Trump tweeted two days later that she was a "major loser" with "zero credibility."
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Also on Monday, Trump's field director, Stuart Jolly, told ABC News he is "voluntarily leaving" the campaign because it's time for "new leadership to take the reins." Jolly was tasked with going to states ahead of their primaries to hire volunteers and build ground operations.
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