Loyalty to Trump helped Corey Lewandowski survive harassment scandal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : At another event, Trump called Lewandowski "a very, very good friend of mine who is very powerful actually."
78% : People who know both men say Trump is trying to recapture the energy of his insurgent 2016 race by elevating one of his first campaign hires, who famously indulged his most pugnacious impulses with the mantra "Let Trump be Trump.
70% : Jones told Lewandowski and others that Trump seemed supportive when they spoke, telling the CEO, "It's coming, we're on it."
63% : While campaigning in Lewandowski's home state of New Hampshire earlier this year, Trump welcomed him to the stage, musing, "Nobody was closer to me."
57% : Trump trusts his political advice.
56% : The following month, Lewandowski was involved in discussions about arranging for Jones to speak to Trump during a swing through West Virginia, according to text messages among FirstEnergy executives and allies.
53% : But public records obtained by The Post show how he used his connection to Trump to land business contracts.
53% : Lewandowski continued to champion his former boss in frequent media appearances, and when Trump won, the onetime campaign manager launched a consulting and lobbying shop with another Trump campaign veteran.
52% : But emails and text messages subpoenaed by the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, the state's consumer protection agency, and released in response to a public records request, show how Lewandowski helped arrange access to Trump for FirstEnergy executives who were later charged with wide-ranging felonies.
50% : "Over the past decade, as many Trump advisers have come and gone, Lewandowski has remained faithful -- while also faithfully leveraging his relationship with Trump for money and influence, according to a review of his work and interviews with people familiar with it.
49% : 'Humiliated and devalued'Lewandowski said he had met Trump just once before the businessman summoned him to Trump Tower in January 2015 and asked him to manage the 2016 presidential campaign.
48% : This person said Lewandowski told a Birkenfeld associate over the phone that he would need $500,000 upfront -- before a scheduled meeting with Trump on Jan. 5, 2021 -- plus $1 million if Birkenfeld landed the pardon.
47% : Lewandowski's access to Trump was a primary selling point, according to records and interviews.
46% : Deters had paid $75,000 to mingle with Trump at the Kentucky Derby, he said in court filings.
42% : The month that the contract was executed, one of Lewandowski's associates at Turnberry Solutions wrote to Dowling about a meeting Lewandowski was arranging with Trump.
40% : He became especially active with South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem, helping her raise her national profile and establishing her as a possible running mate for Trump in 2024, according two former Noem aides.
40% : He told her he was close to Trump, she told police, and said he could "destroy anyone."
36% : As Trump was preparing to leave office in early 2021, Lewandowski and a business partner made an audacious offer amid the mad dash for clemency in Trump's final days in power: They would urge the president to pardon Bradley Birkenfeld, a whistleblower and former wealth manager convicted of fraud, according to Birkenfeld's account to the Atlantic magazine and confirmed to The Post by a person familiar with the discussions.
36% : He posted a photo of Trump flashing a thumbs-up in a section of Arlington National Cemetery where his campaign had been told not to take photos, according to defense officials.
32% : He was arrested on one count of simple battery in March 2016 after grabbing a Breitbart News reporter's arm as she approached Trump with a question.
28% : Trump later endorsed one of his opponents.
24% : "We hit it off, and if you don't hit it off with your campaign manager, you have a problem," Trump told The Post during that campaign.
24% : Trump did not publicly comment on the episode, or reveal that he had spoken personally to Odom, who declined to go into detail about what the former president told her.
13% : Trump fired him before Election Day, though.

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