“If you asked people to describe a battery, this certainly wouldn't cut it. No injury, no damage, no nothing,” said veteran Miami criminal defense lawyer David Oscar Markus...Not every minor interaction needs to go to court. Time for everyone to chill out,” he said."

Since I haven't been following the case, I don't have an opinion on whether Trump's reported test balloon of a defense played a factor in Aronberg's expected conclusion the state was unlikely to meet its burden of proof:

More importantly — and subtly — Trump has repeatedly raised key points of the “defense of others” legal doctrine on Lewandowski’s behalf. The doctrine allows a defendant in a battery case to use non-deadly force to keep a person from battering another.

“She grabbed me. She touched me,” Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Monday, echoing remarks he made on Twitter, on CNN and to campaign reporters on the day Lewandowski was charged. “You can see I'm pulling my arm, you know … She's not supposed to be there. Now, maybe I should file charges against her for grabbing me or touching me.”

But it is entirely appropriate, and in fact the prosecutor's duty, to only try cases he or she believes the state can prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Probable cause is indeed a low standard. Presumably, an investigation was conducted, videos were analyzed and witnesses were interviewed. I'd rather the DA drop a prosecution he has doubts about than proceed with one due to political pressure.

I doubt the citizens of Florida will be any less safe because this guy isn't prosecuted. Had he been prosecuted and convicted, a jail sentence was unlikely. Probation resources are in short supply everywhere -- surely they are better used to monitor someone who may pose a threat to the community than a campaign manager who may have been a bit heavy handed in dealing with a member of the press. The reporter can still bring a civil action against Lewandowski. Civil court seems like a more appropriate venue for redress of her claimed injuries.