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“Insane,” Michelle Fields tweeted during the show. “@realDonaldTrump knows I didn’t do this. Continues to lie and lie and lie.” Michelle Fields: Trump ‘continues to lie’ about me

Former Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields accused Donald Trump of continuing to lie about her.

The Republican front-runner has vigorously defended his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who was charged last week with simple battery for allegedly forcefully grabbing Fields following a news conference last month.

Trump has said Fields changed her story once she realized the real estate mogul had security footage of the incident, which authorities released last week. PolitiFact, however, rated that a “Pants on Fire” lie.

Nevertheless, he stood by Lewandowski in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday and repeated his threat to file charges against Fields for allegedly grabbing him.

“Insane,” Fields tweeted during the show. “@realDonaldTrump knows I didn’t do this. Continues to lie and lie and lie.”

Roughly 10 minutes later she criticized Hannity for his rather friendly questions. “So sad to see my ‘friend’ @seanhannity not challenge Trump on his lies,” she added.

Trump praised Lewandowski, calling him a “good person” and a family man with a wife and four kids before questioning whether Fields actually left Breitbart during an exodus or was fired.

“You have to find out did she quit or did she get fired? Because, you know, I heard a story about what happened,” Trump said. “They were pretty tough on her because they didn’t necessarily believe it. I’m not saying. You’re gonna have to ask them. I’m sure they’re eventually gonna have to talk about it.”

Trump insisted Lewandowski simply “ran interference” as Fields approached the businessman and maintained that he will support his campaign manager out of loyalty and that he did nothing wrong.

“I think it’s a real black eye to justice and to criminal justice when somebody gets in trouble for nothing,” Trump said. “And I only say thank goodness we had that tape.”