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brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 03:28 PM Aug 2016

Lawsuit claims Trump campaign turned blind eye when staffer pulled gun

Source: Politico

Donald Trump’s North Carolina state director allegedly pulled a gun on multiple Trump staffers but was never admonished by the Trump campaign, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Vincent Bordini, who is identified as “a dedicated, loyal Trump Campaign staffer” in the suit, accused Earl Phillip of pulling a gun on him in February.

“It happened in Phillip’s Jeep,” the complaint alleges. “Phillip was driving and Vincent was in the passenger seat. Phillip produced a pistol, put his right index finger on the trigger, and drove the barrel into Vincent’s knee cap.”

The .45-caliber pistol was loaded and the safety was off, the complaint said, noting that had the two hit a bump in the road, a bullet hole, at minimum, would have been the result.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-staffer-gun-allegedly-pulled-lawsuit-226909



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Lawsuit claims Trump campaign turned blind eye when staffer pulled gun (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2016 OP
Sounds like a fun crowd to hang with Person 2713 Aug 2016 #1
lack of leadership at the top wordpix Aug 2016 #4
Speechless PatSeg Aug 2016 #2
don't worry, his minions will shrug it off while getting steamed about Hillary's emails wordpix Aug 2016 #5
"I know this seems like a mountain, PatSeg Aug 2016 #6
the creeps Trump hangs with---Mark Foley, Christie, LePage wordpix Aug 2016 #3
Yeah, this to me is just proof that he did mean what he said about Clinton. lark Aug 2016 #7

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
4. lack of leadership at the top
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 04:59 PM
Aug 2016

whether Lewandowski or Trump "managed" it. And with several incidents like that, I'm sure Trump knew.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
3. the creeps Trump hangs with---Mark Foley, Christie, LePage
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 04:56 PM
Aug 2016

etc.---they're mobster-types. Then again, so are "moderates" like Turtle and our not-to-be-forgotten Boehner. Unfortunately, the mobster type is common among the repugs.

lark

(23,105 posts)
7. Yeah, this to me is just proof that he did mean what he said about Clinton.
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 05:45 PM
Aug 2016

He obviously tolerates gun violence and is totally OK with it, he even kept the guy on his staff, amazingly! So why wouldn't someone like that, who also has no impulse control and has to strike hard at anyone who disses him, try to get "his" type of folks to kill HRC. It would solve his problems, at least in his mind.

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