WINDHAM, N.H. — Neighbors of President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski claim in a lawsuit that the well-known political figure has threatened them with a baseball bat and said he would use his “clout” to make their lives a “nightmare.”

Glenn and Irene Schwartz, of 11 Emerson Drive, have filed a countersuit against Lewandowski, following a lawsuit he filed in July over a waterfront property dispute. Lewandowski is seeking $5 million in that case.

The couple is not asking for a specific amount of money in the countersuit, but are requesting damages associated with the emotional distress they contend Lewandowski inflicted on them. 

Lewandowski worked with the Trump campaign from the onset but was ousted in June of 2016 after being charged in March with simple battery of former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. He was succeeded as campaign manager by Paul Manafort. 

Lewandowski, who lives at 21 Emerson Drive, has been constructing a 2,000 square foot garage on a landlocked piece of property he owns at 15 Emerson Drive. According to court documents, construction crews have been reaching the site by using an easement — access to someone else’s land granted for a specific purpose — across the Schwartzes’ property. 

In his suit, Lewandowski claims his neighbors were intentionally blocking that easement. 

According to court documents, the town issued a permit for the project in February and neighbors who were notified ahead of time did not express opposition. Construction began in early June, and issues were said to begin soon after, according to court documents.

In the countersuit, the Schwartzes accuse Lewandowski of bullying them over the proposed land swap. They also contend Lewandowski disrupted electrical work necessary at their house and physically and verbally threatened them with a baseball bat.

Court documents filed by the Schwartzes’ attorney, Steven Shadallah, claim that during a phone conversation intended to discuss the ongoing dispute, Lewandowski started screaming that the Schwartzes’ plans did not “provide enough land space” and was not “acceptable to my wife” and that she was “not to be disrespected.”

During another phone call, the Schwartzes said Lewandowski similarly yelled that “this is a small town” and he would use his “political clout and connections” to “shut down all building and work and make your life a nightmare with an expensive and extended lawsuit.”

The Schwartzes’ suit goes on to describe more alleged emotional distress.

According to court documents, one day Lewandowski came out of his home carrying a baseball bat in a “seemingly threatening manner,” they said, while Irene was outside, on her property.

The Schwartzes argue that the easement through their property was not intended for the large-scale project Lewandowski is using it for. They claim that the 11 Emerson Drive property is being used as “a backdoor entrance to his primary residence.”

They’re asking a judge to rescind the easement after Lewandowski allowed unauthorized people to use it, they said, including his mother and other guests to his 21 Emerson Road home. They are also seeking damages.

Construction workers heading to the “large imposing garage” have widened the easement and permanently damaged it, according to the Schwartzes.

Lewandowski’s suit claims that throughout the construction process, the Schwartzes have hindered his project by blocking the easement with their car, posting no-trespassing signs and personally confronting Lewandowski and contractors.

“Not only has it caused mental anguish to me and my immediate family,” Lewandowski wrote, “it is costing money both in legal fees and in the slowing down of a fully permitted and approved structure.”

Edelstein writes for the North Andover, Massachusetts, Eagle-Tribune. Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.