Since this past weekend, political allies and several of the ex-president’s MAGA buddies have gotten on the phone with Trump, gossiping about then-secret assault accusations leveled against Trump’s adviser and former 2016 campaign chief Corey Lewandowski, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

The message from these Trump pals was clear: Please get rid of Corey.

“I said to the [former] president you could use some distance from Corey and that he’s embarrassing you,” one of the sources relayed to The Daily Beast. “He should have let go of Corey years ago, so I don’t know if he will now.”…

Even by the routinely scandalous and prolifically corrupt norms of Trumpland, Lewandowski earned a reputation among numerous members of Trump’s administration, campaigns, social circles, and family for being a self-interested backstabber and a serial liar.