(CNN) Three days after being ousted from the Donald Trump campaign, Corey Lewandowski is becoming a political commentator for CNN.Lewandowski will join CNN’s stable of political experts who appear across the channel’s newscasts and talk shows.
A network spokeswoman confirmed that his hiring is effective immediately. There was no word on when his first appearance as a paid commentator will be.
Lewandowski was Trump’s campaign manager up until Monday, when he was fired after an intervention by Trump’s family members and chief strategist Paul Manafort.
His hiring by CNN is bound to be controversial, in part because he was accused of assaulting a reporter, Michelle Fields, after a Trump press conference in March. He was later cleared of any charges.
Lewandowski brings what some of CNN’s other commentators bring: first-hand experience running a presidential campaign.
His perspective might be uniquely valuable given that he was Trump’s right hand man up until this week.
Politico was the first to report his hiring.
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