CNN says Lewandowski no longer being paid by Trump campaign

NEW YORK — CNN said Thursday that its analyst Corey Lewandowski, the former Donald Trump campaign manager, has cut all financial ties to the campaign and is no longer receiving monthly severance payments.

Lewandowski made light of the issue in an on-air announcement with anchor Alisyn Camerota. “Forty days to go in the election, and now this is the breaking news of the day,” he said.

The Trump campaign confirmed that it had fulfilled all of its contractual obligations to Lewandowski, and it will be reflected in the next Federal Election Commission filing. The campaign had said last week that Lewandowski had been due severance payments until the end of the year.

Lewandowski’s hiring by CNN shortly after he had been fired by Trump raised questions about whether he could talk at all candidly about the campaign he had been a part of, particularly since Trump demands former employees sign agreements not to divulge secrets or disparage the campaign. CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker has said he believes it is important to have some analysts who reflect Trump’s point of view.