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Omarosa recorded chief of staff Kelly in White House Situation Room
2018-08-13
[The Hill] Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman said Sunday that she secretly recorded chief of staff John Kelly in the White House Situation Room.

"This is a White House where everybody lies ... you have to have your back," Manigault Newman said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on why she recorded her conversation with Kelly as he was firing her.

"If I did not have this recording, people would still believe the false, incredible story that I was running around the White House ... that I tried to charge the residence of the White House. People would still think that I was trying to set off alarms," she continued. "So yes I recorded myself and I have no regret about it."

In the 20-second recording aired on NBC, Kelly can be heard saying that Manigault Newman can "go on without any type of difficulty" relative to her reputation "if we make this a friendly departure."

"I think it's important to understand that if we make this a friendly departure, we can all be, you know you can look at your time here in the White House as a year of service to the nation. And then you can go on without any type of difficulty in the future, relative to your reputation," he said.

Manigault Newman went on to say that Kelly's words were "very obviously a threat."

Many journalists and lawyers in the national security community were quick to point out that the recording should not have happened.

Related - Ex-Klingon analyst outrage over Kelly recording.
Posted by:Besoeker

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Posted by: 746   2018-08-13 22:40  

#9  Glenmore, Trump was not there when the recording in the situation room was made. She claims to have heard a recording someone else made of him saying the N'word.

The reason you can't record in there assumes you would be recording standard security stuff that goes on and that stuff is not to be recorded. in this case the room was used as the nearest empty room to contain any outburts or embarrassment during the firing process.

I don't think a lawyer would have too hard a time fighting any charges related to recording in the room. Even if that lawyer lost it wouldn't be worth the time and effort and mudslinging and would only give the attention-seeker more attention.

They should however enforce any non-disclosures she signed as they relate to her book and or press tour.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-08-13 13:45  

#8  Last time I was in a SCIF, cell phones hadn't been invented. Ayou now allowed to take a cell phone into a SCIF?

Anyway, if she is charged, people will just say it's because Trump is a racist misogynist.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2018-08-13 12:03  

#7  Oprah-rosa will be adopted by a FISA judge
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-08-13 10:38  

#6  it's a SCIF. Will she be charged ?

Hillary's Filipino maid who had no security clearance was given access to classified documents and the inside of Hillary's SCIF.

In comparison this story is trivial.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2018-08-13 10:23  

#5  If the recording proves to be true it lends some credibility to her claim that Trump uses the word n***er in the White House (which would show he actually can control his mouth in public...), but she would then presumably go to jail for the security violation. And the Trump security team gets dinged for poor implementation of security. On the other hand, if it's false, then everything else she says is suspect. Two things for sure, 1) Trump makes bad hires, and 2) she's fired.
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-08-13 10:08  

#4   you have to have your back,

a team player
Posted by: Frank G   2018-08-13 07:54  

#3  Somebody is going to jail. Even the Demorats can tolerate this given their own crimes. Nothing would give them the screaming willies more than this kind of thing. But you can see how they handle it, see Seth Rich.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2018-08-13 07:37  

#2  ...Three words: Enn. Dee. Aay.

If she isn't up on charges lke, today, there's something very, very wrong.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-08-13 04:52  

#1  Many journalists and lawyers in the national security community were quick to point out that the recording should not have happened.

Yea, no shi*, it's a SCIF. Will she be charged ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-08-13 02:42  

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