Donald Trump's controversial campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is leaving his position, and many aren't especially sad to see the notoriously combative operative go. Perhaps enjoying the schadenfreude most of all is Michelle Fields — the former Breitbart reporter who claimed Lewandowski had bruised her when he allegedly yanked at her arm during a press conference.
Fields resigned from Breitbart after the site failed to "adequately [stand] by me," and amid allegations that its coverage was overtly pro-Trump.
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