Corey Lewandowski signed a non-disclosure agreement that limits what he can say about Donald Trump. | AP Photo Corey Lewandowski signs with speakers bureau The ousted Trump campaign manager is promising to take paying audiences 'behind the scenes' of the campaign despite a confidentiality agreement.

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski recently signed with a speakers bureau to book paid speeches, despite a non-disclosure agreement that limits what Lewandowski can say about the GOP presidential candidate.

Leading Authorities, a Washington-based talent agency, on Wednesday posted a release on its website announcing that it had agreed to represent Lewandowski.


In a bio page on the website, the firm calls Lewandowski “bold and unapologetically aggressive,” and promises that his speeches will take audiences “behind the scenes of the Trump campaign to showcase how it has been singularly successful in tapping into shifting public opinion to devise a winning campaign strategy from the ground up.”

But Lewandowski’s ability to divulge behind-the-scenes details might be limited by the “strict confidentiality agreement” he acknowledged signing with Trump as a condition of his employment on the campaign.

The agreement didn’t stop CNN from hiring Lewandowski as a salaried political commentator in June, just days after he was fired by the campaign, having lost a bitter power struggle with his nemesis, campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

While Lewandowski asserted that the agreement would not restrict him from speaking his mind about the campaign on CNN, his analysis has been less than trenchant. And the network has taken all manner of heat for allowing him to essentially flak for his former boss on the air.

A non-disclosure agreement signed by a different former Trump employee prohibited the disclosure of information “of a private, proprietary or confidential nature or that Mr. Trump insists remain private or confidential,” even after the person left Trump’s payroll, according to The Associated Press, which obtained a copy of the agreement.

Concerns about Lewandowski’s non-disclosure agreement contributed to a decision by publishing giant HarperCollins to withdraw a $1.2-million offer to Lewandowski to write a book chronicling his time running the campaign, POLITICO revealed.

A Leading Authorities program associate declined to discuss how much Lewandowski charged per speech, referring questions to chief operating officer Matt Jones.

Neither he nor Lewandowski responded to questions about Lewandowski’s fee, how many speeches he’s scheduled or whether there are concerns that his non-disclosure agreement could limit his ability to share insights with paying audiences.

Leading Authorities’ website calls Lewandowski “a larger than life persona who’s not afraid to ‘go there,’” and promises that he will reveal to audiences “how he tapped into voter emotion and emerging political strategies to do the unthinkable.”

Lewandowski, a fast-talking 42-year-old, didn’t have any presidential campaign experience when he was tapped to run Trump’s campaign prior to its June 2015 launch. At the time, the billionaire real estate showman was regarded by the political establishment as a sideshow with little chance of making an impact in the race, let alone winning the nomination.

And Lewandowski built a shoestring campaign that eschewed traditional tools of presidential campaigning, such as polling, voter files, analytics and major advertising campaigns. Instead, Lewandowski’s approach was to “let Trump be Trump,” and to ride the wave of free publicity Trump attracted through his bombastic pronouncements at mega-rallies and on social media.

The limitations of that approach quickly became apparent as Trump tried to pivot to a general election match-up against the superior political machine built by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

But Leading Authorities website credits Lewandowski with “capitaliz(ing) on an incredible surge of momentum to develop a focused message that was big and clear enough to challenge a deep field of veteran politicians with more GOP support and funding.”

The website indicates that Lewandowski can be booked as a solo speaker or “paired with a Democratic colleague.” The firm’s roster of political speakers also includes interim Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile and former Obama aides Anita Dunn and Stephanie Cutter, as well as GOP figures Alex Conant, Ed Gillespie, Dana Perino and Nicolle Wallace.

Speaking fees for Cutter and Dunn range from $10,000 to $35,000 per appearance, depending on how much travel is involved, according to Leading Authorities website, which doesn’t list fee ranges for many speakers.