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*Omarosa Manigault spoke out for the first time since her abrupt exit from the White House on Wednesday (Dec. 14,) and promptly proceeded to plug forthcoming information about her work situation that she said “made me uncomfortable” as “the only African-American in this White House.”
“[Chief of Staff] John Kelly and I had a very straightforward discussion about concerns that I had, issues that I raised and, as a result, I resigned,” Manigault told co-host Michael Strahan.
There “were a lot of things that I observed during the last year that I was very unhappy with,” she said.
“But when I have my story to tell as the only African-American woman in this White House; as a senior staff and assistant to the president, I have seen things that have made me uncomfortable, that have upset me, that have affected me deeply and emotionally, that has affected my community and my people. And when I can tell my story, it is a profound story that I know the world will want to hear,” Manigault added.
As for reports that she was fired by Kelly and escorted off the property by Secret Service while trying to enter Donald Trump’s private quarters, Omarosa said that account is not true, but that she and Kelly had a “candid conversation” in the White House Situation Room.
U.S. Secret Service also denied on Twitter Wednesday that personnel physically removed Manigault from the complex.
Reporting regarding Secret Service personnel physically removing Omarosa Manigault Newman from the @WhiteHouse complex is incorrect.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) December 13, 2017
Manigault did, however, confirm that the Secret Service deactivated her pass, reducing her access to the more classified areas.
Multiple sources had been saying that Manigault’s departure was a long time coming and Kelly’s decision to limit her access to the president was a bone of contention, reports ABC News. She said, however, Kelly brought “much needed order to the West Wing,” denying that he restricted her access to Trump.
But she added, “Certainly I had more access than most and people had problems with that. People had problems with my 14-year relationship with this president.”
As previously reported, the White House announced Wednesday that Manigault resigned Tuesday night “to pursue other opportunities,” but will stay on until Jan. 20. A three time contestant on Trump’s NBC series “The Apprentice,” Manigault served on his transition executive committee and was later hired as communications director for the Office of Public Liaison in the White House. She was among the White House advisers earning the highest salary ($179,700 a year), according to a White House list of staff salaries.
She was in charge of outreach to the leaders of HBCUs and also oversaw the president’s visit to the Smithsonian’s African American museum in Washington, D.C. But Manigault’s day-to-day duties were never quite clear.
Trump tweeted a two sentence goodbye to his former “Apprentice” villain:
Thank you Omarosa for your service! I wish you continued success.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017
And then Twitter couldn’t resist comparing this firing to her three on “The Apprentice.”
How did he resist a “You’re Fired!” https://t.co/f5TFwRwyjd
— Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) December 14, 2017
“wait come back, we need a shot of you rolling your suitcase out of the board room and getting into the cab” https://t.co/tIdK0ggc7P
— Dave Jorgenson ?? (@davejorgenson) December 13, 2017
Omarosa could not win The Apprentice, Celebrity Apprentice and Apprentice-White House.
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) December 14, 2017
I know it’s a tired trope by now but imagine waking up from a five-year coma and reading a tweet by the Secret Service denying they had to physically remove Omarosa from the White House. https://t.co/oEFUybiGKv
— Robert Swartwood (@RobertSwartwood) December 14, 2017
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