Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has joined America First Action, a super PAC aligned with the president, months after ditching the lobbying firm he co-founded following the 2016 election.
“We’re thrilled to add Corey R. Lewandowski to our growing roster of experienced professionals who have been in the trenches on hard-won political campaigns,” America First Action president Brian Walsh said in a statement Thursday.
Lewandowski is a huge get for the pro-Trump super PAC, which recently committed $200,000 in digital advertising to support incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in the Alabama Senate primary. The longtime Republican operative, who was at the helm of the Trump’s presidential campaign until his firing last June, has maintained close ties to the administration and to the president.
As recently as July, Lewandowski traveled with President Trump aboard Air Force One to a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio. He has also been spotted at the White House on several different occasions.
In a statement announcing his new position, America First Action made no mention of Avenue Strategies, the boutique lobbying and consulting firm that Lewandowski started with fellow Trump loyalist Barry Bennett after the president’s election victory.
Lewandowski split from the company in May when it began doing work for foreign clients. Bennett later accused Lewandowski of taking major clients with him when he left, like Community Choice Financial.
“They left when he left and surprise, surprise, they seem to have landed back with him,” Bennett told ABC News earlier this month.
Lewandowski did not return the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
