Staffer: Trump's screaming NC campaign director pulled gun and threatened to blow off my kneecap

A staffer from Donald Trump's North Carolina operation is suing the campaign and former state campaign director Earl Phillip, alleging that Phillip threatened him and other staffers with a gun.

According to WBTV in Charlotte, when Vincent Bordini approached higher-ups in the campaign, they did nothing. Another campaign official confided to Bordini that he, too, had been threatened at gunpoint by Phillip.

WBTV's Nick Ochsner posted the first page of Bordini's complaint on Twitter. The incident took place in Phillip's Jeep in February of this year, reportedly, when Phillip "produced a pistol, put his right index finger on the trigger, and drove the barrel into Vincent's knee cap."

Bordini went straight to campaign officials, the suit says, speaking first to the Trump campaign's regional director of western North Carolina. "The Director told Vincent that he, too, had been brandished upon by Phillip," the lawsuit says. "He was terrified."

According to Ochsner, "campaign leadership, including then-camp mngr Lewandowski, refused to act."

Bordini says he spoke with Lewandowski on the phone in March about the incidents, including the fact that Phillip had threatened at least two other staffers at gunpoint.

“Others detailed something different. They described Phillip yelling and screaming in anger while brandishing a pistol,” the suit alleges.

“Lewandowski said that he took Vincent’s complaint seriously,” says the complaint. “Upon information and belief, Lewandowski did nothing to correct Phillip’s brazen behavior. He certainly didn’t suspend or terminate him.”

Phillip's Facebook timeline is littered with pro-gun memes. "Until I am out of ammo or out of blood, I WILL FIGHT," says one post.

"Life is about kicking ass," says one image depicting an Army special forces operative brandishing an assault weapon, "not kissing it."