We stay away from discussions about politics on KOC and I don’t want to stray into that verboten territory with this blog. Today’s discussion is simply about the misdemeanor charge against Donald Trump’s campaign manager—how it is defined, what the potential punishment is, and what defense he could use. On March 8, 2016, now former Breibart News reporter Michelle Fields was quite close to Trump and asked him a question. This occurred at the Trump National Golf Club in Florida. She says (and video now appears to support) that Trump’s campaign manager intervened. The manager, Corey Lewandowski, grabbed Fields’s left forearm and apparently squeezed hard enough to leave bruises consistent with fingers. Fields filed a report of the incident with the Jupiter, FL Police Department on March 11 though she reportedly discussed the matter with others in the intervening three…