Report: Omarosa Has Recording Of Call With Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump

White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault stands with the of leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying that those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House."(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault stands with the of leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) outside the West Wing of the White House in ... White House Director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault stands with the of leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying that those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House."(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS
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Omarosa Manigault Newman also recorded phone calls with presidential advisers and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Politico reported Monday, adding to recordings she’s already released of conversations with the President himself and chief of staff John Kelly.

Citing two unnamed sources with whom Manigault Newman had discussed the recordings, Politico reported one of the un-released recordings was of a call she received from the couple a day after her firing in December. The former White House staffer has a new book out, and the recordings are part of an effort to drum up publicity.

According to Politico’s sources, in the publication’s words, “both Trump and Kushner can be heard wishing Manigault Newman the best and telling her they had no idea her head was on the chopping block.”

That matches a recorded phone call Manigault Newman released Monday with the President: Trump claimed he wasn’t aware that Kelly had fired her the day earlier, indicating he’d only heard of her firing from news coverage.

“They run a big operation, but I didn’t know it,” Trump is heard saying on the recording. “I didn’t know that.”

“Goddamn it!” he adds dramatically. “I don’t love you leaving at all.”

On Sunday, NBC’s “Meet the Press” played Manigault Newman’s recording of Kelly firing her, purportedly from the White House’s situation room.

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  1. Breaking News: The Plot Sickens!!

  2. The circus of the absurd gets more absurd.

    Dotard must be spinning so hard, he’s halfway through the Oval Trailer floor.

  3. Avatar for ollie ollie says:

    The plot thickens? More like the plot sickens.

  4. This is a well-orchestrated media campaign, where you have to gauge the amount people can absorb before turning it off. There can only be a few more days of it - the finale has got to be pretty good.

  5. Who could have seen it coming that this pack of amoral lying weasels would fall to fighting among one another? First Trump’s on tape bullshitting her, and now his spawn are bullshitting her, and be sure to tune in again for the next exciting episode of “You Knew I Was a Snake When You Took Me In.”

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