Story highlights Donald Trump's campaign manager said he tried to reach out to Michelle Fields the night she accused him of battery

In a CNN interview, Corey Lewandowski assigned blame for the controversy to his accuser

(CNN) Donald Trump's campaign manager said he was "pleased" on Friday that he would not be prosecuted for charges stemming from an incident with a reporter at a campaign event in March.

Corey Lewandowski assigned blame for the controversy to his accuser, then-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, saying he had tried to call her on the night in question to clear things up but did not hear back.

"Well, obviously I'm very pleased," Lewandowski said of the Palm Beach County attorney's decision not to prosecute in an interview on CNN's "New Day" with Chris Cuomo. He also praised his boss's loyalty throughout the case.

"First and foremost, I want to thank Mr. Trump for his loyalty and his dedication to his staff and to me specifically, because a lesser person, another politician, would have terminated me on the spot," he said. "And so I'm so thankful to Mr. Trump for his loyalty to me."

Saying "it should have never gotten to this point," Lewandowski revealed he had tried reaching out to Fields the night the incident occurred in order to resolve the situation after learning of the burgeoning controversy online.

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