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Donald Trump's campaign issued a statement Thursday denying that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, left, aggressively pulled a campaign reporter away from the billionaire. | AP Photo Trump campaign denies reporter incident, Breitbart suspends another reporter

The Donald Trump campaign is flatly denying that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski aggressively pulled a Breitbart reporter as she tried to ask Trump questions on Tuesday night.

In a statement, first shared by ABC News, campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said the accusation is "entirely false."

"As one of dozens of individuals present as Mr. Trump exited the press conference, I did not witness any encounter. In addition to our staff, which had no knowledge of said situation, not a single camera or reporter of more than 100 in attendance capture the alleged incident."

But according to the Breitbart reporter, Michelle Fields, and Washington Post reporter Ben Terris, Lewandowski did grab Fields out of the way in such an aggressive manner that she nearly fell to the ground. Both Fields and Terris wrote about the incident, and Fields tweeted photos of her bruises. According to one source, Breitbart Washington editor Matthew Boyle spoke with Lewandowski, who explained the situation by saying he did not recognize Fields as a Breitbart reporter. A Breitbart spokesperson denied that Boyle and Lewandowski spoke.

Despite saying that not a single camera or reporter capture the incident, Hicks goes on in her statement to acknowledge that another reporter did claim to witness the encounter.

"This individual has never met Corey, nor had the only reporter that supposedly identified him. There are often large crowds aggressively seeking access to Mr. Trump and our staff would never do anything to harm another individual, while at the same time understanding that Mr. Trump and his personal space should never be invaded," Hicks said in the statement.

"This person claims she does not want to be part of the news, and only report it, however if that was the case, any concerns, however unfounded they may be, should have been voiced directly first and not via twitter, especially since no other outlet or reporter witnessed or questioned anything that transpired that evening. We leave to others whether this part of a larger pattern of exaggerating incidents, but on multiple occasions she has become part of the news story as opposed to reporting it. Recall she also claimed to have been beaten by a New York City Police officer with a baton."

(The last line of the statement refers to an incident in 2011 when Fields was reportedly hit by a police officer during the Occupy Wall Street protests. See video of the 2011 incident here.)

After what was initially seen as a too-tepid response to the incident, media figures from across the spectrum began to rail on Breitbart, which has become known for its pro-Trump stance, for not coming to a more aggressive defense of their reporter. 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.

"Patrick Howley was speaking for himself and not for Breitbart News. Senior Management at Breitbart News believes his comments were inappropriate and has decided to suspended him indefinitely effective immediately. Breitbart continues to stand 100% with Michelle Fields and believes that Corey Lewandowski must accept responsibility for his actions and apologize," a Breitbart spokesperson said.

Fields will appear on ABC's "World News Tonight" on Thursday and "Good Morning America" on Friday to address the incident.

UPDATE 3:20p.m.:

Lewandowski, who has not responded to requests for comment about the incident, began tweeting about Fields on Thursday afternoon.

"Daily Caller reporter assaulted by NYPD during ‘Occupy’ protests -- professional reporting or attention seeking?" Lewandowski tweeted, followed by "Michelle Fields is an attention seeker who once claimed Allen West groped her but later went silent."

Breitbart President and CEO Larry Solov then issued a statement saying they were "disappointed" in the campaign's response:

"The Washington Post just published a very detailed, first-hand account from their senior reporter Ben Terris who is familiar with the campaign, the personalities involved, and was an eyewitness to the incident," Solov said. "We are disappointed in the campaign's response, in particular their effort to demean Michelle's previous reporting. Michelle Fields is an intrepid reporter who has covered tough and dangerous stories. We stand behind her reporting, her techniques, and call again on Corey Lewandowski to apologize."

UPDATE 6:50p.m.:

In an interview with ABC's "World News Tonight", Fields said the entire experience has been "hurtful."

"Honestly, it’s been really hurtful because obviously no one wants to be touched and violated like that," she said.

When asked what she would say to Trump, Fields said she would "ask him to put himself in my shoes and imagine if I was his daughter."