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Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump—And Played the Audio for People, Sources Say
The Daily Beast ^ | 08/08/18 | LACHLAN MARKAY, ASAWIN SUEBSAENG, MAXWELL TANI

Posted on 08/08/2018 1:07:51 PM PDT by pgkdan

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, isn’t the only one with secretly recorded audio of the president.

Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast that Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the infamous former Apprentice star who followed Trump to the White House, secretly recorded conversations with the president—conversations she has since leveraged while shopping her forthcoming “tell-all” book, bluntly titled UNHINGED.

For months, it has been rumored that Manigault had clandestinely recorded on her smartphone “tapes” of unspecified private discussions she had in the West Wing. Audio actually does exist, and even stars Manigault’s former boss.

One person confirmed to The Daily Beast they had heard at least one of her recordings featuring President Trump. Multiple sources familiar with the so-called “Omarosa tapes” described the recorded conversations between Trump and Manigault as anodyne, everyday chatter, but said they did appear to feature Trump’s voice, either over the phone or in-person.

The mere existence of such recordings represent a dramatic betrayal of trust by a one-time Trump confidant who has since abandoned years of professed loyalty to the president and has apparently decided to profit off her years of closeness to Trump.

President Trump particularly loathes the idea of being recorded without his knowledge, and felt especially irked and betrayed when news broke that Cohen had done so, as The Daily Beast reported late last month.

Manigault didn’t respond to a request for comment on this story.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: omarosa; trump; unhinged
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To: Phil DiBasquette

Hey noobie...go look at my posting history and see if I am a never Trumper. I got on board as soon as he announced his judicial nominations. It must be pretty sad that you can’t carry on a constructive argument, but call people never Trumpers because they point out the obvious: It was stupid to bring her into his White House circle. That was a mistake. If that makes me a nevertrumper by your definition...that’s YOUR problem.


81 posted on 08/08/2018 3:22:48 PM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: pgkdan

I don’t think this stuff really hurts Trump - he almost seems to thrive on the attention it gives him.

Also, I think he’s more guilty of flirtations and making outlandish comments rather than actual scandalous behavior - they aren’t going to find any real dirt, because there isn’t any.

He seems to enjoy watching them get their hopes up, only to be disappointed.


82 posted on 08/08/2018 3:33:16 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: ptsal

[Are the words of the President classified by default?]

Good question.


83 posted on 08/08/2018 3:33:38 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: butlerweave

I have to believe that Trump knew she was capable of this. Any conversations in front of her were scripted to appease the nut. She did help Trump with certain groups initially. She’s got a book deal so it’s all about hype. Wish Drudge would just ignore her....


84 posted on 08/08/2018 3:41:34 PM PDT by jacknyc
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To: pgkdan

trump never had her as a confident. President Trump knew that his relationship with her through the television show The Apprentice was his biggest exposure open to exploitation during the election.

his answer was to placated her so that Hillary was not able to co-opt her and then use her to damage him politically.

Trump gave her what she thought was to be a very important job in the administration but when president Trump won she found out that her job was only a place where he thought she could do little or no damage.

Trump knew from day one that with her he was dealing with a psychopath that had the potential of destroying his run for the presidency


85 posted on 08/08/2018 3:44:19 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: pgkdan

Why is this not espionage? I would think that there would be some sort of executive privilege or classification attached to meetings with the president. The Secret Servi9ce or the FBI should visit her.


86 posted on 08/08/2018 3:53:12 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: pgkdan

“She’s a POISONOUS Little Viper!!” Tucker Laughs in Astonishment as Piers Morgan TRASHES Omarosa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5G_PKmDmvw


87 posted on 08/08/2018 4:30:41 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: pgkdan
da b1tch got nothin... feh
88 posted on 08/08/2018 4:34:39 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: pgkdan

Trump never had to deal with a press that was all-attacking, all the time. From every corner to every thing in his life, he has been mercilessly attacked. That even his so called friends and allies leaked to the press, and everyone found an angle to get famous. HR Mcmaster, Reince, to now this silliness. Almost impossible to run a government in this raining insanity.


89 posted on 08/08/2018 7:12:10 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: ltc8k6
She would have to have recorded sensitive or classified conversations and released them, to be guilty of a crime.

I would think all conversations that occur in the offices of the President of the United States would be considered classified. But maybe not...

90 posted on 08/08/2018 7:21:34 PM PDT by Shethink13 (there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
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To: Ann Archy

if she releases a tape that is negative for Trump, she will have thousands of offers from grateful lefties...


91 posted on 08/08/2018 9:42:47 PM PDT by bitt (We know not what course others may take, but as for me, Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yep. Appears very few people do get it. They think Trump got to where is on pure luck.
Oh well, these are some great times to be alive for those of us who are paying attention...


92 posted on 08/09/2018 2:59:35 AM PDT by Enduro Guy (Always cov fe'fe)
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To: pgkdan

He called his son a retard? I call BS!

“Arnold told the Seattle-based radio station KIRO. “It was him sitting in that chair saying the N-word, saying the C-word, calling his son a retard, just being so mean to his own children.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/omarosa-trump-book-the-apprentice-memoir


93 posted on 08/10/2018 7:01:56 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: MagUSNRET

Right! Why did she work for him if he was so awful?


94 posted on 08/10/2018 7:02:54 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: NELSON111

Really sad when Freepers do that. If you disagree with something, they come out with ‘you’re a troll, liberal, Clinton supporter, trump hater, etc’. Gets old.


95 posted on 08/10/2018 7:06:04 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

Yes it does. Kinda wish we could go back to the old days. Didn’t happen a lot back then. There are actually some intellectual conversation.


96 posted on 08/10/2018 9:26:36 AM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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