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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: DoughtyOne

“Aren’t there statutes against this?”

DC is one party consent.

She would have to have recorded sensitive or classified conversations and released them, to be guilty of a crime.


21 posted on 08/08/2018 1:19:54 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: NELSON111

If he didn’t believe he wasn’t going to win, he would not have run. It wasn’t worth the time, money, or grief to run a losing campaign.


22 posted on 08/08/2018 1:19:57 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: gubamyster
"Wouldn’t there be some kind of Non-Disclosure Agreement signed by all people who worked at a certain level or had access to the White House?"

Let's hope so:

President Trump ‘forced staff to sign non-disclosure agreements lasting beyond his presidency with $10million penalty every time it is violated’

23 posted on 08/08/2018 1:20:05 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: pgkdan
I'm a big Trump fan but nobody's perfect ...

I'll say he was pandering ...

24 posted on 08/08/2018 1:20:08 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: pgkdan
So this is the new standard? You can record people without them knowing it? Tell that to Linda Tripp.

But the Dems and their cronies had better be prepared because what is good for the goose....

I say have at it and may the best recording (video and audio) win. I'd like to hear the private conversations of Hillary or Bill. Or the any of the lawyers on the Mueller team.

25 posted on 08/08/2018 1:20:18 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: pgkdan

isn’t that illegal?


26 posted on 08/08/2018 1:20:43 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: henkster

And this is exactly why Queen Hillary doesn’t.


27 posted on 08/08/2018 1:20:45 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Most states only have one-party consent laws regarding recording conversations. Only 12 have two-party consent statutes.


28 posted on 08/08/2018 1:21:00 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: pgkdan

She was a SNAKE and he took her under his wing!! She is a VILE, VICIOUS, HIDEOUS HO!


29 posted on 08/08/2018 1:21:52 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: pgkdan

She ought to try that trick with HRC sometime...................


30 posted on 08/08/2018 1:22:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: dead

LOL!! SO TRUE!! WHO would Hire her...EVER???


31 posted on 08/08/2018 1:22:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: henkster
I don’t know why anyone is allowed to possess a cell phone in the presence of the President.

Good point. Someone like Omarosa ever being in a non-secure area while interacting with POTUS. Phone should have been secured the entire time.

32 posted on 08/08/2018 1:22:51 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Nah. She will probably land a news anchor job on CNN, MSNBC or some other alleged “news” network like traitors Clapper and Brennan did.


33 posted on 08/08/2018 1:23:44 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: pgkdan

“Good grief. I never understood why the President ever let this nutbag within a mile of the White House.”
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I’m with you. Ponderosa...Omarosa....whatever....she came across as a total unhinged psycho on Season One of “The Apprentice.”

Plus, I believe she once worked in the Clinton White House. A toxic b*tch who should have been avoided.

I wonder if she broke any laws by recording the president in the White House without his knowledge or permission?


34 posted on 08/08/2018 1:24:03 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
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To: llevrok

He doesn’t necessary chooses the ‘best people’. There simply isn’t any loyalty out there. Either they don’t have it or he doesn’t inspire it. Lots of people are looking to make money and tell all. That happens.


35 posted on 08/08/2018 1:30:58 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Call me crazy, but I HIGHLY DOUBT Trump actually discussed anything of significance with the White House “assistant social director” and it’s already been proven that Assorama has lied about her access to Trump previously. I seriously doubt he was ever in the same room outside of large meetings about state dinners and such with Assorama. Many people have already said Assorama did nothing other than plan her third wedding her entire time at the White House.


36 posted on 08/08/2018 1:31:09 PM PDT by jyo19
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To: Red Badger
She ought to try that trick with HRC sometime...................

She might find herself dead in a botched robbery...

37 posted on 08/08/2018 1:31:12 PM PDT by luv2ski
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To: stars & stripes forever

What are the laws on recording in DC and on Federal property?

Are the words of the President classified by default?


38 posted on 08/08/2018 1:32:33 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: henkster

Well guns NEVER appear in gun free zones either do they? To a lot of these assclowns, rules are meant to be broken. And trust betrayed as well apparently. I hate that!


39 posted on 08/08/2018 1:32:35 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: henkster
I don’t know why anyone is allowed to possess a cell phone in the presence of the President.

Good question. to enter many parts of State, Defense, DOJ, etc... cell phones must be confiscated and locked-up.

40 posted on 08/08/2018 1:37:59 PM PDT by PGR88
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