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White House Looks to Stop Former Staffer from Releasing Audio Recorded in West Wing

HeadlineAug 13, 2018

In news from Washington, the White House is looking at ways to legally prevent former staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman from releasing more audio recordings made while she was a staffer at the White House. On Sunday, “Meet the Press” aired a recording the former reality TV star made of Chief of Staff John Kelly firing her inside the West Wing.

John Kelly: “We’re going to talk to you about leaving the White House. It’s come to my attention over the last few months that there’s been some pretty, in my opinion, significant integrity issues.”

Up until her firing, Omarosa was President Trump’s most prominent African-American adviser in the White House. In her new book, she describes the president as “racist” and claims he has used the “N-word” repeatedly.

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