One of Trump’s most controversial campaign managers is back but never really left

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Corey Lewandowski says that when it comes to this summer's Republican National Convention, former President Trump is the boss.

"Donald Trump is the final decision-maker for everything that happens at the convention," Lewandowski said in an interview with Fox News Digital on Wednesday.

Trump's 2016 campaign manager and longtime friend and outside adviser to the former president spoke the day after the Trump campaign confirmed that they had brought Lewandowski on to advise the campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) on the GOP's 2024 delegate and convention process.

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"He's very helpful to me, and he's helpful to the RNC, and he's helpful to the president," Trump 2024 campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita told Fox News.

The news was first reported by the National Review and by Politico, which noticed that the RNC, in a filing with the Federal Election Commission, made an April 24 payment to Lewandowski's firm for "management consulting."

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The move marks a formal return by Lewandowski to Trump's campaign structure.

Lewandowski managed Trump’s first presidential campaign from before its inception in 2015 through the 2016 primaries. He was fired from his job in