Former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields stuck to her guns Sunday in her first televised appearance since battery charges were dropped against Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
“Corey lied. Donald Trump lied. They defamed me,” Fields said on “Reliable Sources.”
They “went on this huge smear campaign against me, and I think it sheds light on the character of campaign,” Fields said.
Fields said the manner in which Trump and his people handled the Florida incident caused it to become a huge story. She rejected the Trump campaign’s past claims that she raised the issue to seek attention.
“A lot of people were surprised by their blatant lies about me,” she said. “That’s why it became a huge story.”
Field says that all she wanted was an apology, which she never received.
“I do think that this shouldn’t have been such a huge story,” Fields said.
“If I had just received an apology, as I was told I was going to receive, which is why I was quiet the first two days, this wouldn’t have been a huge story,” Field said.
Fields also expressed frustration that Palm Beach County prosecutors declined to pursue its case against Lewandowski after charging him with battery.
“The prosecutor’s decision, the way that they handled this entire situation was very unprofessional,” Fields said.
