The two staffers, according to a source with knowledge of the incident, are deputy campaign manager Justin Caporale and Michel Picard, a member of Trump’s advance team.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    51·
    3 months ago

    I really wish the Arlington employee would press charges. I understand why they won’t, but it’s really disturbing that the campaign and the candidate are lying about what happened.

    • ALQ@lemmy.world
      19·
      3 months ago

      I wish Arlington would press charges and somehow leave the employee anonymous. I’m sure there’s an argument to be made that it, as the employer, has standing.

    • rayyy@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 months ago

      Does the employee really have to press charges? A federal law was broken and there is ample evidence. Many, if not most laws don’t require the victim to press charges.

      • booly@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        3 months ago

        Prosecutors are generally somewhat accommodating of victim/witness preferences, because being subpoenaed to testify in open court can be intimidating in even low profile cases. And forcing a person to testify against their will generally isn’t a good trial strategy for winning cases.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        The penalty for filming in Arlington is a fine and up to 6 months in jail. Jail time is very unlikely, and there’s no indication of what the fine would/should be, but the bad press would be worse than any financial penalty.

        Assault is a more serious crime, but the victim would need to cooperate with the prosecution. I don’t know if “press charges” is the correct term, but the victim is afraid of retaliation, so I doubt any of it goes anywhere.

        • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 months ago

          She dropped everything likely because of threats. Look at how they treat witnesses, judges, jurors, and all the families.

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
    9·
    3 months ago

    Trump said Harris made it up and the media doesn’t push back on him for saying something blatantly false. This started with the personnel involved reporting it. Harris only commented on the incident well after the fact.