FILE: Former Donald Trump Campaign Manager, Corey Lewandowski speaks at a Rotary Club meeting. Lewandowski stonewalled many questions during the Democrats' first impeachment hearing Tuesday. 

WINDHAM, N.H. — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and well-known political commentator Corey Lewandowski has filed a $5 million lawsuit against his neighbors over access to a waterfront property he owns near Rock Pond.

According to court documents, Lewandowski lives at 21 Emerson Road and owns the abutting property and a 700 square foot cottage at 15 Emerson Road. He is in the process of constructing a 2,152 square foot garage there.

The town issued a permit for the project in February, according to court documents, 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.

An affidavit submitted June 29 said that the 15 Emerson Road property, occupied by a single elderly woman, is landlocked, and does not have direct access to Emerson Road.

A 2015 easement approved by Windham officials allows drivers and pedestrians to access the parcel through 11 Emerson Road, which is owned by Glenn and Irene Schwartz.

Throughout the construction process, however, Lewandowski claims the Schwartzes have hindered his project by blocking the easement with their car, posting no-trespassing signs and personally confronting Lewandowski and contractors.

Lewandowski said he “travels extensively,” and has “been forced to deal with the harassment…while being away from home.”

The Schwartzes have allegedly reduced the width of the easement by laying telephone poles on one side and planting bushes on the other.

On one occasion, about June 14, Lewandowski said the couple used their car to prevent anyone from going in or out. He became concerned that first responders would not be able to access his Emerson Road lot in the case of an emergency.

Lewandowski is seeking $5 million for “breach of easement, breach of quiet enjoyment, negligence, interference with property rights and emotional distress,” according to the suit filed in Rockingham Superior Court on June 30.

“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.”

Lewandowski said he has allowed some construction vehicles to use his driveway, at 21 Emerson Road, but fears that excess use will destroy the asphalt and lead to additional costs.

Edelstein writes for the North Andover, Massachusetts, Eagle-Tribune.