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Omarosa Manigault-Newman, a former aide to President Trump, secretly recorded conversations with the president while she was serving in the White House, multiple sources told the Daily Beast.

Manigault-Newman, who prior to working for the administration appeared as a contestant on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice," is coming out with a tell-all book about her experience in the White House. The book, titled "Unhinged," is set to be released on Aug. 14.



She wouldn't be the only person to have recorded her interactions with the president: Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and sometime-fixer, is known to have recorded Trump as well. One such recording was recently released and revealed Trump discussing possible payment to a former Playboy model with whom he was accused of having an affair.
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.

Simon & Schuster, the publisher of “Unhinged,” responded to the Daily Beast in a statement. “Without commenting on the specific contents of UNHINGED,” the spokesperson said, “we are confident that Omarosa Manigault Newman can substantiate her highly-anticipated account of life inside the Trump White House.”

The revelation of the tapes marks a stark departure from what was once a close relationship with Trump.

http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...r-white-house-staffer-secretly-recorded-trump
 
Live look in the white house:

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Omarosa had a tape, E-I-E-I-O
And on her tape she had a pig, E-I-E-I-O
With an oink-oink here and an oink-oink there
Here an oink
There an oink
Everywhere an oink-oink
Omarosa had a tape, E-I-E-I-O

barfo
 
If true, she’s looking at years in prison for espionage.
 
I wonder if she has a recording of him asking to grab her by the pussy...wait silly me he doesn't ask...he's Donald Trump. He doesn't have to.
 
Unhinged is an understatement.

Omarosa cuts off 'Today' appearance, tells Savannah Guthrie to 'calm down' during bizarre interview
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By Brian Flood | Fox News
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Savannah Guthrie wanted to continue speaking with Omarosa Manigault-Newman but the former “Apprentice” star ended the interview.

Omarosa Manigault-Newman appeared irritable and fumed at Savannah Guthrie before abruptly cutting off an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show on Monday morning, claiming she had another interview to get to minutes after proclaiming, “I’ve got all the time you need.”

Manigault-Newman was on the morning show to share a recording of a conversation she says she had with President Trump the day after she was fired by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Guthrie began the interview by playing the recording and plugging Manigault-Newman’s new book, “Unhinged,” but things quickly turned awkward.


Guthrie asked the former “Apprentice” star if Trump was lying in a tape that was played seconds earlier, but Manigault-Newman wanted to talk about a different topic and started asking rhetorical questions about why Kelly allegedly mistreated her. She also focused on Trump saying “they” run a big operation at the White House.

Guthrie tried to take charge of the chat, but Manigault-Newman barked back, “I’ll get to the second part.”

Guthrie then attempted to ask a follow-up question, but Manigault-Newman shot it down.

“Wait, Savannah. Who is the ‘they’ in the tape? You can’t ask the question and then ask another question without my answer,” Manigault-Newman said. “You asked me, ‘Do you think he knows?’”

Guthrie responded, “You said you’re not sure.”

Manigault-Newman went off on another tangent about Kelly, and Guthrie attempted to regain control of the interview, asking a series of questions regarding whether or not Trump “lies often” and, if so, when his former ally realized.

“Savannah, slow down,” Manigault-Newman said. “I’m gonna [answer] your question, don’t worry, I’m here. I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s OK.”

“Savannah, slow down... . I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s OK.”

- Omarosa Manigault-Newman
Over the weekend, Manigault-Newman released a different recording—of Kelly notifying her of her firing in the Situation Room. Manigault-Newman said Sunday that Kelly was “threatening” her in the White House.

Guthrie asked Manigault-Newman how she was able to secretly record Kelly, but she declined to answer. Instead Manigault-Newman said she would leave that to people’s imagination.

Guthrie responded, “Why be coy?”

“I’m not being coy. I’m being very clear here,” Manigault-Newman said, still not answering the question. Manigault-Newman was in the middle of another rant that had nothing to do with Guthrie’s question, when then the “Today” co-host attempted to intervene.

“Calm down,” Manigault-Newman said, continuing her soliloquy.

Manigault-Newman eventually started answering Guthrie’s question by suggesting that viewers should read her book before Guthrie pressed her on Trump’s alleged use of a racial slur.

Manigault-Newman fired back, “I answered that question, Savannah, so what’s the next question?”

Guthrie then played a clip from a previous interview in which Manigault-Newman proclaimed Trump is not racist, seemingly contradicting her current talking points. Manigault-Newman chalked the discrepancy up to “being cautious” because she was scared of alleged threats made by Kelly before bizarrely cutting off the segment.

“You know that we have an interview right after this. I know you want to go with more time… you see the time,” Manigault-Newman said.

Guthrie asked what time Manigault-Newman needs to go.

“You know that it’s a seven-minute interview. Now we’re at 10,” Manigault-Newman said.

The “Today” co-host said she actually didn’t know the time but said Manigault-Newman could leave if she has to.

“The book comes out tomorrow, all of this is in the book,” Manigault-Newman said.

Guthrie said she had a stack of additional questions if Manigault-Newman could stick around.

“I’m not afraid but I do… I have an interview right after this with someone else,” Manigault-Newman said.

Fox News Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

Brian Flood covers the media for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @briansflood.
 
Unhinged is an understatement.

Omarosa cuts off 'Today' appearance, tells Savannah Guthrie to 'calm down' during bizarre interview
1529679731199.jpg

By Brian Flood | Fox News
1534171078725.jpg

Savannah Guthrie wanted to continue speaking with Omarosa Manigault-Newman but the former “Apprentice” star ended the interview.

Omarosa Manigault-Newman appeared irritable and fumed at Savannah Guthrie before abruptly cutting off an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show on Monday morning, claiming she had another interview to get to minutes after proclaiming, “I’ve got all the time you need.”

Manigault-Newman was on the morning show to share a recording of a conversation she says she had with President Trump the day after she was fired by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Guthrie began the interview by playing the recording and plugging Manigault-Newman’s new book, “Unhinged,” but things quickly turned awkward.


Guthrie asked the former “Apprentice” star if Trump was lying in a tape that was played seconds earlier, but Manigault-Newman wanted to talk about a different topic and started asking rhetorical questions about why Kelly allegedly mistreated her. She also focused on Trump saying “they” run a big operation at the White House.

Guthrie tried to take charge of the chat, but Manigault-Newman barked back, “I’ll get to the second part.”

Guthrie then attempted to ask a follow-up question, but Manigault-Newman shot it down.

“Wait, Savannah. Who is the ‘they’ in the tape? You can’t ask the question and then ask another question without my answer,” Manigault-Newman said. “You asked me, ‘Do you think he knows?’”

Guthrie responded, “You said you’re not sure.”

Manigault-Newman went off on another tangent about Kelly, and Guthrie attempted to regain control of the interview, asking a series of questions regarding whether or not Trump “lies often” and, if so, when his former ally realized.

“Savannah, slow down,” Manigault-Newman said. “I’m gonna [answer] your question, don’t worry, I’m here. I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s OK.”

“Savannah, slow down... . I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s OK.”

- Omarosa Manigault-Newman
Over the weekend, Manigault-Newman released a different recording—of Kelly notifying her of her firing in the Situation Room. Manigault-Newman said Sunday that Kelly was “threatening” her in the White House.

Guthrie asked Manigault-Newman how she was able to secretly record Kelly, but she declined to answer. Instead Manigault-Newman said she would leave that to people’s imagination.

Guthrie responded, “Why be coy?”

“I’m not being coy. I’m being very clear here,” Manigault-Newman said, still not answering the question. Manigault-Newman was in the middle of another rant that had nothing to do with Guthrie’s question, when then the “Today” co-host attempted to intervene.

“Calm down,” Manigault-Newman said, continuing her soliloquy.

Manigault-Newman eventually started answering Guthrie’s question by suggesting that viewers should read her book before Guthrie pressed her on Trump’s alleged use of a racial slur.

Manigault-Newman fired back, “I answered that question, Savannah, so what’s the next question?”

Guthrie then played a clip from a previous interview in which Manigault-Newman proclaimed Trump is not racist, seemingly contradicting her current talking points. Manigault-Newman chalked the discrepancy up to “being cautious” because she was scared of alleged threats made by Kelly before bizarrely cutting off the segment.

“You know that we have an interview right after this. I know you want to go with more time… you see the time,” Manigault-Newman said.

Guthrie asked what time Manigault-Newman needs to go.

“You know that it’s a seven-minute interview. Now we’re at 10,” Manigault-Newman said.

The “Today” co-host said she actually didn’t know the time but said Manigault-Newman could leave if she has to.

“The book comes out tomorrow, all of this is in the book,” Manigault-Newman said.

Guthrie said she had a stack of additional questions if Manigault-Newman could stick around.

“I’m not afraid but I do… I have an interview right after this with someone else,” Manigault-Newman said.

Fox News Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

Brian Flood covers the media for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @briansflood.
This was the woman the White House chose to work in the White House? Don't they ever do any proper vetting?

OMG, so many malcontents and felons working for Trump.
 
Unhinged is an understatement.

Omarosa cuts off 'Today' appearance, tells Savannah Guthrie to 'calm down' during bizarre interview
1529679731199.jpg

By Brian Flood | Fox News
1534171078725.jpg

Savannah Guthrie wanted to continue speaking with Omarosa Manigault-Newman but the former “Apprentice” star ended the interview.

Omarosa Manigault-Newman appeared irritable and fumed at Savannah Guthrie before abruptly cutting off an appearance on NBC’s “Today” show on Monday morning, claiming she had another interview to get to minutes after proclaiming, “I’ve got all the time you need.”

Manigault-Newman was on the morning show to share a recording of a conversation she says she had with President Trump the day after she was fired by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Guthrie began the interview by playing the recording and plugging Manigault-Newman’s new book, “Unhinged,” but things quickly turned awkward.


Guthrie asked the former “Apprentice” star if Trump was lying in a tape that was played seconds earlier, but Manigault-Newman wanted to talk about a different topic and started asking rhetorical questions about why Kelly allegedly mistreated her. She also focused on Trump saying “they” run a big operation at the White House.

Guthrie tried to take charge of the chat, but Manigault-Newman barked back, “I’ll get to the second part.”

Guthrie then attempted to ask a follow-up question, but Manigault-Newman shot it down.

“Wait, Savannah. Who is the ‘they’ in the tape? You can’t ask the question and then ask another question without my answer,” Manigault-Newman said. “You asked me, ‘Do you think he knows?’”

Guthrie responded, “You said you’re not sure.”

Manigault-Newman went off on another tangent about Kelly, and Guthrie attempted to regain control of the interview, asking a series of questions regarding whether or not Trump “lies often” and, if so, when his former ally realized.

“Savannah, slow down,” Manigault-Newman said. “I’m gonna [answer] your question, don’t worry, I’m here. I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s OK.”

“Savannah, slow down... . I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s OK.”

- Omarosa Manigault-Newman
Over the weekend, Manigault-Newman released a different recording—of Kelly notifying her of her firing in the Situation Room. Manigault-Newman said Sunday that Kelly was “threatening” her in the White House.

Guthrie asked Manigault-Newman how she was able to secretly record Kelly, but she declined to answer. Instead Manigault-Newman said she would leave that to people’s imagination.

Guthrie responded, “Why be coy?”

“I’m not being coy. I’m being very clear here,” Manigault-Newman said, still not answering the question. Manigault-Newman was in the middle of another rant that had nothing to do with Guthrie’s question, when then the “Today” co-host attempted to intervene.

“Calm down,” Manigault-Newman said, continuing her soliloquy.

Manigault-Newman eventually started answering Guthrie’s question by suggesting that viewers should read her book before Guthrie pressed her on Trump’s alleged use of a racial slur.

Manigault-Newman fired back, “I answered that question, Savannah, so what’s the next question?”

Guthrie then played a clip from a previous interview in which Manigault-Newman proclaimed Trump is not racist, seemingly contradicting her current talking points. Manigault-Newman chalked the discrepancy up to “being cautious” because she was scared of alleged threats made by Kelly before bizarrely cutting off the segment.

“You know that we have an interview right after this. I know you want to go with more time… you see the time,” Manigault-Newman said.

Guthrie asked what time Manigault-Newman needs to go.

“You know that it’s a seven-minute interview. Now we’re at 10,” Manigault-Newman said.

The “Today” co-host said she actually didn’t know the time but said Manigault-Newman could leave if she has to.

“The book comes out tomorrow, all of this is in the book,” Manigault-Newman said.

Guthrie said she had a stack of additional questions if Manigault-Newman could stick around.

“I’m not afraid but I do… I have an interview right after this with someone else,” Manigault-Newman said.

Fox News Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

Brian Flood covers the media for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @briansflood.

Trump and Omarosa, the two nut jobs that deserve each other. Trump was obviously pissed that she was let go as shown by the tape.
 
Trump and Omarosa, the two nut jobs that deserve each other. Trump was obviously pissed that she was let go as shown by the tape.

Hmm, I don't know. It sounded to me like he was just pretending not to know.

barfo
 
new news about this....Mueller's team has requested her tapes and she's said they can access all of them....Trump twitter meltdown in 10..9...8...
 
Even HuffPost isn't falling for her lies.

POLITICS
08/13/2018 10:45 pm ET Updated 50 minutes ago
Exclusive: Omarosa Said Former TV Contestant Played Tape Of Racist Slur For Her In White House, Sources Say
The former White House aide and “Apprentice” contestant claims Trump could be heard using the “n-word” on the alleged audio recording, sources close to her confirm she told them in December.

By Yashar Ali

Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman told at least three longtime Donald Trump aides that a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” Troy McClain, played a tape for her in the White House that included the president saying a racial slur while he was wearing a microphone during a taping of the reality show, sources have told HuffPost. Manigault Newman told one staffer that hearing the tape was what led her to resign that evening (Dec. 12, 2017) and that she informed White House Communications Director Hope Hicks and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that she had heard the tape. But the account that Manigault Newman offered to these Trump aides is vastly different from the one she’s been offering publicly in her book and on her media tour.

Manigault Newman told multiple Trump aides last December that the audio played for her by McClain included Trump allegedly used a racial slur in referring to a black “Apprentice” contestant, Kwame Jackson. In an interview with MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday night, Manigault Newman said that she had heard the alleged tape, that it was three minutes in length and that Trump used the slur in speaking about Jackson. She did not say who played the tape for her. Manigault Newman also said that the tape of the audio was in possession of “Apprentice” producer Bill Pruitt.

Jackson did not reply to requests for comment.

Reached by phone last Saturday, Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump organization aide who now is a top official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, recounted the phone call she received from Manigault Newman the night the White House aide was fired. Patton said that Manigault Newman told her last December that McClain played her the audio, which Manigault Newman told her was in Pruitt’s possession. Two other Trump aides received such calls, they confirmed to HuffPost. Those two aides asked to remain anonymous.

Pruitt caused a stir before the 2016 presidential campaign after the now infamous “Access Hollywood” tape was leaked to The Washington Post, when he tweeted, “As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of [The Apprentice] I assure you: when it comes to the Trump Tapes there are far worse.” In interviews, Pruitt said that Trump would regularly make racist and anti-Semitic statements. But he has aggressively denied that he was in possession of any such tapes, which contradicts Manigault Newman’s claims both to Trump aides like Patton and to Matthews on his MSNBC program.

McClain, reached by phone, confirmed that he met with Manigault Newman in the White House in December 2017, while she was director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison, but when McClain was asked if he played a recording for her of the president using a racial slur, he laughed and said, “You’ve got to be bullshitting me. Is this a joke?”

McClain denied that he ever played such a recording and said that Manigault Newman would never say he did. But multiple sources familiar with her communication about the meeting with McClain confirm that she said he played the audio file for her or that he discussed that he had heard the audio with her.

Multiple attempts to reach McClain a second time were unsuccessful.

Eight sources spoke to HuffPost for this story. They were granted anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak to the press or are bound by non-disclosure agreements.

A source close to Hicks said Manigault Newman did bring up the conversation she said she had with McClain about the possible existence of a tape, but that she never said that the contestant played such an audio for her. Manigault Newman approached Hicks with the information about the alleged tape after she had been fired by Kelly in the White House Situation Room. Sources who spoke to HuffPost now believe that Manigault Newman brought up the audio in an attempt to salvage her job in the White House, especially given that she brought up the audio after she was terminated by Kelly.

In a tweet posted Monday evening, Trump said, in part, “[Mark Burnett] called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up.”


Six former Trump campaign and White House staffers describe Manigault Newman as obsessed with finding out more about the alleged tape, saying she brought it up constantly. Manigault Newman said that, on a campaign bus trip with Katrina Pierson, Trump’s campaign spokeswoman; Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law; Patton, a longtime Trump Organization aide now at HUD; and Diamond and Silk, two major African-American Trump supporters, she had heard about the “n-word tape” but was unaware of the context in which Trump might have used the racial epithet. She added, according to two sources familiar with the conversation, that people in possession of the tape were nervous about releasing it should they come in the crosshairs of Mark Burnett, the powerful television producer who was the executive producer of “The Apprentice,” which starred Trump. Burnett and his wife, actress and producer Roma Downey, sold their production company to MGM in 2014 and 2015, and Burnett now serves as chairman of MGM Television.

According to multiple sources, Manigault Newman called Patton the evening she was terminated by Kelly. She told Patton that McClain, who competed on the first season of the NBC competition program, had come to visit her in the White House. Manigault Newman’s office was in the Old Executive Office Building, which sits across from the West Wing, separated by a private driveway. It’s unclear if she met with McClain in her office or in another part of the White House complex.

She told Patton that McClain was anxious and scared and shared that he had an audio file he wanted to play for her. In an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Manigault Newman said her source was terrified to come forward.

Manigault Newman told Patton that in the tape, described as audio from a microphone Trump was wearing on the TV show set, Trump could be heard complaining that his makeup artist didn’t use latex gloves that day (Trump is a self-described germaphobe) and that he was eager to wrap up the day early because the microphone pack was hot and causing him discomfort. He then talked about Jackson. Manigault Newman said he referred to Jackson as a “n****r.”

Manigault Newman also brought up the tape, according to one person familiar with her conversations, when she whipped some campaign staffers into a frenzy before one of the presidential debates in the fall of 2016. According to two people familiar with her warnings, she told staffers that she heard Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign had obtained the alleged “Apprentice” outtakes and was planning to release it the night of the debate. No such tape was ever released by Clinton’s campaign or anyone else.

Since her new book, Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House, was published, she has offered conflicting accounts of the alleged audio recording of Trump using a racial slur. In her book, she says she received a call from a person (whom she declines to name): “On this phone conversation, I was told exactly what Donald Trump said ― yes, the N-word and others in a classic Trump-goes-nuclear rant ― and when he’d said them. For over a year I’d been so afraid of hearing the specifics from someone who’d been in the room. Hearing the truth freed me from that fear. And only now that it’s gone, do I realize just how heavy it’s been.”

In an interview with NPR, Manigault Newman claimed that she heard the tape, but when NPR’s Rachel Martin pointed out that in her book she says that a person who called her described the tape to her, Manigault Newman replied that “hearing the truth” meant she heard the tape.

As the contradictions continue to build, Manigault Newman’s claims have been difficult to track. She told Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” that she had heard the audio after her book was published. She told multiple Trump staffers that she heard the audio the day she was fired.

What’s clear is that Manigault Newman has stirred up the kind of chaos she has always thrived in, whether it be on a reality show or working for the most powerful man in the world.
 
Even HuffPost isn't falling for her lies.

POLITICS
08/13/2018 10:45 pm ET Updated 50 minutes ago
Exclusive: Omarosa Said Former TV Contestant Played Tape Of Racist Slur For Her In White House, Sources Say
The former White House aide and “Apprentice” contestant claims Trump could be heard using the “n-word” on the alleged audio recording, sources close to her confirm she told them in December.

By Yashar Ali

Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman told at least three longtime Donald Trump aides that a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” Troy McClain, played a tape for her in the White House that included the president saying a racial slur while he was wearing a microphone during a taping of the reality show, sources have told HuffPost. Manigault Newman told one staffer that hearing the tape was what led her to resign that evening (Dec. 12, 2017) and that she informed White House Communications Director Hope Hicks and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that she had heard the tape. But the account that Manigault Newman offered to these Trump aides is vastly different from the one she’s been offering publicly in her book and on her media tour.

Manigault Newman told multiple Trump aides last December that the audio played for her by McClain included Trump allegedly used a racial slur in referring to a black “Apprentice” contestant, Kwame Jackson. In an interview with MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday night, Manigault Newman said that she had heard the alleged tape, that it was three minutes in length and that Trump used the slur in speaking about Jackson. She did not say who played the tape for her. Manigault Newman also said that the tape of the audio was in possession of “Apprentice” producer Bill Pruitt.

Jackson did not reply to requests for comment.

Reached by phone last Saturday, Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump organization aide who now is a top official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, recounted the phone call she received from Manigault Newman the night the White House aide was fired. Patton said that Manigault Newman told her last December that McClain played her the audio, which Manigault Newman told her was in Pruitt’s possession. Two other Trump aides received such calls, they confirmed to HuffPost. Those two aides asked to remain anonymous.

Pruitt caused a stir before the 2016 presidential campaign after the now infamous “Access Hollywood” tape was leaked to The Washington Post, when he tweeted, “As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of [The Apprentice] I assure you: when it comes to the Trump Tapes there are far worse.” In interviews, Pruitt said that Trump would regularly make racist and anti-Semitic statements. But he has aggressively denied that he was in possession of any such tapes, which contradicts Manigault Newman’s claims both to Trump aides like Patton and to Matthews on his MSNBC program.

McClain, reached by phone, confirmed that he met with Manigault Newman in the White House in December 2017, while she was director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison, but when McClain was asked if he played a recording for her of the president using a racial slur, he laughed and said, “You’ve got to be bullshitting me. Is this a joke?”

McClain denied that he ever played such a recording and said that Manigault Newman would never say he did. But multiple sources familiar with her communication about the meeting with McClain confirm that she said he played the audio file for her or that he discussed that he had heard the audio with her.

Multiple attempts to reach McClain a second time were unsuccessful.

Eight sources spoke to HuffPost for this story. They were granted anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak to the press or are bound by non-disclosure agreements.

A source close to Hicks said Manigault Newman did bring up the conversation she said she had with McClain about the possible existence of a tape, but that she never said that the contestant played such an audio for her. Manigault Newman approached Hicks with the information about the alleged tape after she had been fired by Kelly in the White House Situation Room. Sources who spoke to HuffPost now believe that Manigault Newman brought up the audio in an attempt to salvage her job in the White House, especially given that she brought up the audio after she was terminated by Kelly.

In a tweet posted Monday evening, Trump said, in part, “[Mark Burnett] called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up.”


Six former Trump campaign and White House staffers describe Manigault Newman as obsessed with finding out more about the alleged tape, saying she brought it up constantly. Manigault Newman said that, on a campaign bus trip with Katrina Pierson, Trump’s campaign spokeswoman; Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law; Patton, a longtime Trump Organization aide now at HUD; and Diamond and Silk, two major African-American Trump supporters, she had heard about the “n-word tape” but was unaware of the context in which Trump might have used the racial epithet. She added, according to two sources familiar with the conversation, that people in possession of the tape were nervous about releasing it should they come in the crosshairs of Mark Burnett, the powerful television producer who was the executive producer of “The Apprentice,” which starred Trump. Burnett and his wife, actress and producer Roma Downey, sold their production company to MGM in 2014 and 2015, and Burnett now serves as chairman of MGM Television.

According to multiple sources, Manigault Newman called Patton the evening she was terminated by Kelly. She told Patton that McClain, who competed on the first season of the NBC competition program, had come to visit her in the White House. Manigault Newman’s office was in the Old Executive Office Building, which sits across from the West Wing, separated by a private driveway. It’s unclear if she met with McClain in her office or in another part of the White House complex.

She told Patton that McClain was anxious and scared and shared that he had an audio file he wanted to play for her. In an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Manigault Newman said her source was terrified to come forward.

Manigault Newman told Patton that in the tape, described as audio from a microphone Trump was wearing on the TV show set, Trump could be heard complaining that his makeup artist didn’t use latex gloves that day (Trump is a self-described germaphobe) and that he was eager to wrap up the day early because the microphone pack was hot and causing him discomfort. He then talked about Jackson. Manigault Newman said he referred to Jackson as a “n****r.”

Manigault Newman also brought up the tape, according to one person familiar with her conversations, when she whipped some campaign staffers into a frenzy before one of the presidential debates in the fall of 2016. According to two people familiar with her warnings, she told staffers that she heard Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign had obtained the alleged “Apprentice” outtakes and was planning to release it the night of the debate. No such tape was ever released by Clinton’s campaign or anyone else.

Since her new book, Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House, was published, she has offered conflicting accounts of the alleged audio recording of Trump using a racial slur. In her book, she says she received a call from a person (whom she declines to name): “On this phone conversation, I was told exactly what Donald Trump said ― yes, the N-word and others in a classic Trump-goes-nuclear rant ― and when he’d said them. For over a year I’d been so afraid of hearing the specifics from someone who’d been in the room. Hearing the truth freed me from that fear. And only now that it’s gone, do I realize just how heavy it’s been.”

In an interview with NPR, Manigault Newman claimed that she heard the tape, but when NPR’s Rachel Martin pointed out that in her book she says that a person who called her described the tape to her, Manigault Newman replied that “hearing the truth” meant she heard the tape.

As the contradictions continue to build, Manigault Newman’s claims have been difficult to track. She told Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” that she had heard the audio after her book was published. She told multiple Trump staffers that she heard the audio the day she was fired.

What’s clear is that Manigault Newman has stirred up the kind of chaos she has always thrived in, whether it be on a reality show or working for the most powerful man in the world.
Trump could murder half the country's population and this meme would somehow defend it.
 
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...lol...no talk of why in the hell Trump was galactically stupid enough to hire her in the first place.

While this particular hire is a source of great entertainment, I realized over the weekend that Trump had hired Oswald Cobblepot to be his current spokes person and giggled about it for like 20 minutes straight.

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