NYT: Omarosa Could Have As Many As 200 Tapes

on August 14, 2018 in New York, New York.
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 14: Omarosa Manigault Newman and John Allen Newman are seen arriving at The Daily Show on August 14, 2018 in New York, New York. (Photo by Say Cheese!/GC Images)
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Former White House aide and ex-reality TV star Omarosa Manigault Newman has caused a stir in the White House on par with the panic induced by special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian collusion, The New York Times reported Thursday.

The paranoia is fueled by the sheer volume of recordings she’s believed to possess — as many as 200 — of conversations she had with officials during her time in the West Wing, according to the Times.

Manigault Newman has been slowly releasing some of the audio recordings in recent days as a means to, as she says, defend her credibility as the White House, and Trump himself, attack her over her new tell-some book, “Unhinged.”

On Thursday, she released a recording of a phone conversation she had with Lara Trump, who offered her a job on the Trump campaign not long after she was ousted from the White House. Manigault Newman has claimed that she was offered the position — which paid $15,000 a month — to keep quiet about her time in the White House.

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  1. Lordy x 200…

  2. Ya gotta admit, this lady is a genius. Same tactics, yes, but far smarter than Trump, because she actually had the ability to plan all this in advance. No way our little Mussolini would have the attention span to amass this much material.

    I just hope she’s got multiple copies in non-U.S. safety deposit boxes!

  3. Hmm. We’ve figured at least a certain percentage of them are embarrassing. Now assuming that percentage comes from such a large number, and further assuming she’s structuring the releases so the less embarrassing ones come out first, well, you can see that the final embarrassment level potentially reaches the yowza range.

    Ross told her about several Cypriot banks that don’t ask a lot of questions wink wink.

    Anyone can decide to be amoral. But you have to be born smart.

  4. I wonder where they came up with 200. Maybe she leaked the number herself. I hope she has 2000.

  5. And she paid a visit to Mr. Mueller.
    Witch Hunt? Witch Hunt?
    I’ll show you a goddamned witch hunt.
    Omararosa Ridin’ a broom

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