Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House
The White House says
former White House staffer and reality show contestant Omarosa
Manigault Newman, has written a book full of lies about President
Trump. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders responded to
questions about Manigault Newman's soon-to-be published book, which,
according to the Guardian, contains allegations that Mr. Trump used
racial slurs before and during his presidency.
"Instead of
telling the truth about all the good President Trump and his
administration are doing to make America safe and prosperous, this
book is riddled with lies and false accusations," Sanders said
in a statement Friday. "It's sad that a disgruntled former White
House employee is trying to profit off these false attacks, and even
worse that the media would now give her a platform, after not taking
her seriously when she had only positive things to say about the
President during her time in the administration."
The Guardian says
that in her memoir, Manigault Newman calls Mr. Trump a racist who
uttered the "n-word" repeatedly during the taping of his
NBC show "The Apprentice," prior to his presidency, and she
claims that there is a recording of his use of the slur. However, the
Guardian notes that Manigault Newman does not say she has ever heard
him say the word, and cites three sources who she does not name. She
also does not explain why, if she was aware that such a recording
existed before the election, she nonetheless supported his candidacy.
In an interview with
NPR on Friday afternoon, Manigault Newman appeared to contradict her
own book, saying that she has heard the tape on which Mr. Trump said
the "n-word."
"I heard the
tape," she told NPR when pressed.
Earlier this week,
the Daily Beast reported that Manigault Newman had recorded some of
her interactions with the president in the White House.
Manigault Newman,
who was the communications director for the White House Public
Liaison Office, also claims she personally witnessed Mr. Trump
directing racial slurs toward someone else since he's been president
-- the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, George
Conway, who is half Filipino. According to the Guardian, in her book,
Manigault Newman quotes the president saying, "Would you look at
this George Conway article? F***ing FLIP! Disloyal! F***ing Goo-goo."
George Conway called
the claim "ridiculous," tweeting, "The allegation is
not credible, and indeed is ridiculous, particularly in light of the
timing of her departure from the White House—December 12, 2017.
It's absurd all around."
Manigault Newman
calls Mr. Trump is a "racist, misogynist and bigot" in her
book, according to the Washington Post. When she returned to reality
TV, appearing on CBS' "Celebrity Big Brother," Manigault
Newman said she wouldn't vote for Mr. Trump again "in a million
years -- never."
Manigault Newman
also writes in her book that Trump campaign adviser and
daughter-in-law Lara Trump offered her a $15,000-a-month hush-money
contract after she was fired by the White House, the Washington Post
reported. The campaign would have tasked her with "diversity"
outreach. Manigault Newman says she turned down the offer.
She also puts forth
a claim in the book that when she once brought Michael Cohen into the
Oval Office for a meeting with the president, when Cohen left the
office, Mr. Trump was eating a piece of paper.
"I saw him put
a note in his mouth. Since Trump was ever the germaphobe, I was
shocked he appeared to be chewing and swallowing the paper. It must
have been something very, very sensitive," she wrote, according
to the Post.