Former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly recorded conversations with President Trump during her tenure in the White House, The Daily Beast reported on Wednesday.
Manigault Newman left her job as the Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison in December, after nearly 15 years as a member of Trump’s inner circle. She first made a name for herself on Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice” and went on to become a staffer for the president.
One person confirmed to the Daily Beast that they had heard at least one of her recordings featuring Trump, while multiple sources familiar with the so-called “Omarosa tapes” described the recorded conversations between Trump and Manigault as everyday chatter.
According to The Daily Beast, Manigault Newman leveraged these conversations while shopping her “tell-all” book titled “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House,” which is set to hit shelves on Aug. 14.
Manigault Newman and her representatives did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
The report drew immediate reaction from Twitter users, many of whom appeared to find it ironic that Trump was recorded by Manigault Newman as well as his lawyer Michael Cohen, both long-time members of the Trump inner circle.
See a sampling of their responses below.
https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1027284067912278016
People Trump accused of secretly taping him:
• Barack Obama
• James ComeyPeople who actually secretly taped Trump:
• Michael Cohen
• Omarosa Manigault— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) August 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/ManInTheHoody/status/1027284704674734080
it's straight hilarious how in Trumpworld the most valued commodity is loyalty and also how literally everything is powered by relentless mistrust https://t.co/35kLm9a3Yb
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) August 8, 2018
Imagine for a second if a foreign intelligence agency had managed to infiltrate Omarosa’s phone and set it to silently record and transmit. It’s not science fiction, and we knew of the technological capacity even before Snowden.
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) August 8, 2018
Funny how literally everyone seems to have secretly recorded Trump except the former president he publicly accused of doing so #Omarosa
— Alt Fed Employee (@Alt_FedEmployee) August 8, 2018
TRUMP: I would never get caught on tape by the Russians!
COHEN: I have you on tape.
OMAROSA: I have you on tape, too.
PUTIN: 😉 https://t.co/5PXp8mWH5g
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) August 8, 2018
TRUMP: I would never get caught on tape by the Russians!
COHEN: I have you on tape.
OMAROSA: I have you on tape, too.
PUTIN: 😉 https://t.co/5PXp8mWH5g
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) August 8, 2018
The Daily Beast is reporting that Omarosa secretly recorded conversations with trump.
I absolutely detest her, but Lordy, if this is true, release those tapes.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 8, 2018