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Corey Lewandowski, campaign manager for 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media before a news conference at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., on Friday, March 11, 2016. | Getty Breitbart reporter files police report against Trump campaign manager

Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields intensified her battle with Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday, filing a police report against top aide Corey Lewandowski for allegedly strong-arming her earlier in the week.

The formal accusation marks the latest twist in an ongoing controversy over what transpired after a press conference in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday night.

Fields and a fellow reporter, Ben Terris from The Washington Post, say that Lewandowski grabbed Fields' arm and pulled her out of the way as she tried to ask Trump a question. Trump’s campaign and the candidate himself are flatly denying any such thing occurred.

“Perhaps she made the story up. I think that’s what happened,” Trump told reporters after the GOP debate on Thursday night.

Now law enforcement has gotten involved after Fields went to authorities on Friday morning.

"The Jupiter Police Department is currently investigating an alleged battery that occurred at 115 Eagle Tree Terrace (Trump National) on March 8, 2016. A police report was filed with the Jupiter Police department on March 11, 2016 at approximately 10:00AM and the investigation is ongoing,” the police said in a statement. “As with any investigation, specific details concerning criminal investigative information is not releasable while the investigation is considered active.”

Fields, in a Fox interview on Friday, said that she didn't want to have to file a report but was left with no choice after Trump's camp refused to apologize and accused her of lying.

"I didn’t want to make a big deal - this wasn’t going to be a big deal, they were going to apologize, we were going to move on. I never got that apology," Fields said. "Instead, yesterday, they released a statement calling me a liar. They have basically done a character assassination on me."

Independent Journal Review first reported on the charges on Friday morning.

Also on Friday, the White House weighed in after Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the situation aboard Air Force One.

Earnest firmly denounced any use of force against journalists, while not getting into specifics of the specific altercation. He did appear to touch on the increasingly violent undertones and incidents at Trump’s rallies.

“There is no excuse or justification for acts of violence against reporters who are covering a political event,” he said. “The White House, like many other people including other Republicans, has been concerned by the invective and taunting that’s been directed at journalists covering a political event. It’s totally inappropriate, it’s not consistent with the standards of political discourse that should be observed by anybody seeking the highest elected office in the greatest country in the world.”

The controversy first broke into a national story on Wednesday morning after Breitbart, which is known for its pro-Trump stance, came under fire for what was seen as its too-tepid response to the incident.

Around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Kurt Bardella, then a spokesperson for Breitbart, issued a statement attributed to Breitbart CEO Larry Solov that seemed to question whether Lewandowski was at fault. It pointed to Ben Terris as the one who identified Lewandowski, not Fields, noting “if” it was Lewandowski, he should apologize.

But on Thursday, after POLITICO tweeted screenshots of another Breitbart reporter, Patrick Howley, seeming to doubt Fields' account, Breitbart issued a new statement saying they were suspending Howley and standing behind Fields.

The vacillating didn’t stop there. After Trump came out strongly against Fields’ account, Breitbart published posts that again seemed to question Fields' account of what happened, although those posts have since been updated to include video from CSPAN.

More video started to emerge that appeared to show Lewandowski reaching at Fields, although none seems to be entirely conclusive.

In another major development on Friday, Bardella resigned over the situation.

"I reached the point where I couldn’t do 100 percent of my ability to represent them both for them and me, and when you reach that point, it is time to move on," said Bardella, who was formerly a long-time aide to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).

Without elaborating on what happened over the past few days, Bardella said Breitbart took the news well and that they had a "positive conversation."

"I reached a point where I was in an untenable position. For me it’s OK. I need to move on," he said.

The Secret Service said it has no comment on the Fields incident or Trump's claims.

Ben Schreckinger contributed to this report.

This post has been updated throughout.