Corey Lewandowski attempted to receive a massive payoff in return for leaving Trumpworld following sexual misconduct allegations from the wife of a major GOP donor, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday evening.
"Lewandowski, at first privately and then publicly through a lawyer, denied the details of the alleged incident. When that didn't work, he resisted leaving. Lewandowski then subsequently settled on pitching Trumpworld a not-so-modest proposal: in exchange for his resignation, the super PAC and the pro-Trump team would pay him a large sum of money to go away. Two of the knowledgeable sources said the former 2016 Trump campaign manager's demand was for hundreds of thousands of dollars," The Beast reported.
Trump's Make America Great Again Action super PAC reports a war chest of more than $6.5 million, but refused to pay out any amount of money, according to an "individual familiar with the situation."
"It doesn't matter if he'd asked for five dollars, it wasn't going to happen," the source said.
The Beast reported that Trump personally sought to keep Lewandowski from receiving a payout.
"One person who was keen on Lewandowski walking away empty handed was none other than his ex-boss and pal: former President Trump. The twice-impeached ex-president, and current leader of the GOP, didn't want to see Lewandowski slinking away with any of that money—which Trump views as his money, despite the patina of distance that is legally required between candidates and super PACs," The Beast reported. "Shortly after Lewandowski made his request, Trump was briefed, according to two of the sources with knowledge of the matter, and scoffed at the idea of paying Lewandowski a large sum of cash to be ousted."
While Lewandowski did not receive a severance package this time, he did last time he was ousted from Trumpworld for alleged misconduct.
"After his ignominious dismissal during Trump's first run—also prompted by accusations of assaulting a woman—Lewandowski scored a fat $20,000-a-month severance, netting him a total of nearly half a million dollars for his 14 months of service," The Beast reported.
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