Lawsuit: Trump campaign’s state director in N.C. pointed loaded gun at ‘petrified’ staffer

Source: Washington Post

A former staffer for Donald Trump's campaign alleged in a lawsuit this week that a top aide in North Carolina pulled out a gun while the pair traveled together in February and held the loaded firearm to the staffer's kneecap.

The 15-page lawsuit, filed Wednesday in North Carolina, was obtained and posted online by WBTV, a station in Charlotte. In the filing, Vincent Bordini claims Earl Phillip pulled the pistol on him as the pair traveled in South Carolina in February. At the time, Phillip was the campaign's North Carolina state director, a position he has since ceded.

"All of a sudden, Vincent saw Phillip pull a gun out from his side of the jeep," states the lawsuit, which names both Phillip and the Trump campaign as defendants. "It was a .45 caliber pistol. It was loaded. In fact, Phillip previously told Vincent that he keeps his guns loaded. Phillip held the gun in his right hand, the one closest to Vincent. Phillip's index finger was on the trigger."

After Phillip brandished the firearm, he moved it toward Bordini, the lawsuit alleges. Then, according to the court filing, he "pointed it at, and then placed its barrel" on Bordini's kneecap. The pressure of the gun "crinkled Vincent's blue jeans," the lawsuit states, and Phillip "ominously stared sideways" at Bordini as he held the firearm.

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