Trump Speculates Reporter’s Pen Could Have Been a ‘Little Bomb’

Defends campaign manager Corey Lewandowski at CNN Town Hall.

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump takes part in a town hall event moderated by Anderson Cooper March 29, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Candidates are campaigning in Wisconsin ahead of the state's April 5th primary. (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images)

Donald Trump defended campaign manager Corey Lewandowski at CNN’s Republican Town Hall on March 29. Lewandowski was charged with simple battery against ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields for an incident on March 8.  

They don't know what it is, whether it's a little bomb.

— Donald Trump

Trump read Fields's original report of the incident, pointing to her claim that she was knocked to the ground as inconsistent with the video.

Additionally, Trump read Fields’s original report of the incident, pointing to her claim that she was knocked to the ground as inconsistent with the video.

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In the days following the incident, Fields tweeted a picture of her bruised arm and resigned from her post at the website Breitbart saying that the website didn’t defend her enough.