Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO, who is registered to vote at an empty house in Florida, may be as scandal-plagued as his predecessors.
.. But voting experts point out that there are virtually no documented cases of in-person voter fraud, where someone shows up and votes in someone else’s name. More common are cases where someone is registered at an address where they don’t live—just like Bannon. It’s not altogether uncommon for people to have failed to update old registrations, but it’s particularly embarrassing for Bannon, since he is running a presidential campaign, no less one that is warning about widespread fraud.
.. Not only is the whiff of voter fraud an embarrassing disclosure for a campaign that has railed against it, but the domestic-violence charges make Bannon the latest figure on the Trump campaign embroiled in misogyny and violence.
.. his ex-wife Ivana even alleged marital rape, though she has since withdrawn the claim.
.. Manafort, in turn, was hired as a counterweight to and later a replacement for Corey Lewandowski
.. But Lewandowski was pushed aside and later fired, beset by the campaign’s struggles at winning delegates but also by Lewandowski’s repeated physical altercations on the trail. In the most high-profile case, Lewandowski grabbed then-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields at a rally in Florida, then denied he had done so. Although a prosecutor declined to bring charges, video evidence showed Lewandowski had lied about the encounter.
Lewandowski loses $1.2 million book deal
Trump’s ousted campaign manager had a big offer from HarperCollins, but declined to provide a copy of his non-disclosure agreement.
Many in the media and political spheres questioned whether Lewandowski would be able to add any analysis that sheds actual light on the Trump campaign because of his nondisclosure agreement.
.. A nondisclosure agreement signed by one former Trump employee gave Trump wide latitude to decide what could be considered a breach of confidentiality, according to The Associated Press, which obtained a copy of the agreement.
The real impact of Corey Lewandowski’s nondisclosure agreement with Donald Trump
So the question remains: Can Lewandowski really criticize Trump if the nondisclosure agreement he signed — and he did acknowledge signing one — includes the same language reportedly contained in another ex-employee’s contract?
.. According to experts in employment law, the answer to whether Lewandowski can freely bash his former boss — not that he has shown any inclination to do so — is yes … ish.
“It’s very hard to think of a scenario under which [a non-disparagement clause] is enforceable,” said Alan Hyde, an attorney who has represented the National Labor Relations Board and now teaches contracts and employment law at the Rutgers University School of Law. “It’s mostly there to be cautionary.”
.. In other words, it’s something Trump uses to make someone like Lewandowski think twice before saying something bad about him.
.. Even if Lewandowski could shred Trump on the air and then beat him in court, “just the cost of defending a lawsuit would likely be a huge deterrent to testing the limits of the clause,” Verkerke said.