Former White House staffer and Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault released a new secret recording of a phone call with Donald Trump, allegedly taped after she was fired by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Omarosa released a recording of her firing on Sunday’s Meet The Press.
The White House says it is exploring its legal options to stop her.
RELATED: Omarosa Releases Secret Recording of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Firing Her: WATCH
In the new recording, which appeared on NBC News’ TODAY show, Trump says “nobody even told me about it,” referring to Omarosa’s firing.
#Breaking: @OMAROSA provides @NBCNews with this exclusive excerpt of a recording of a phone call that she says she received from President Trump the day after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly fired her. pic.twitter.com/OJe47RdcDC
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
“They have not responded to this new audio,” @peteralexander talks White House’s response to the latest audio from @OMAROSA pic.twitter.com/OKnn07CnSS
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
More from the TODAY show:
“Is he [President Trump] lying?” @savannahguthrie asks @OMAROSA about latest tape of conversation she says she had with President Trump the day after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly fired her pic.twitter.com/pfgiR2oej3
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
“Do you think the President lies often?” –@savannahguthrie
“Oh, absolutely.” –@OMAROSA pic.twitter.com/6PXZ21UMTD
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
How did you record the conversation with John Kelly in the White House Situation Room? –@savannahguthrie
“I’ll just leave that to your imagination.” –@Omarosa pic.twitter.com/JrWR7J5Gai
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
.@OMAROSA says she is not concerned about legal consequences for taping in the Situation Room because she says she has “protections.” pic.twitter.com/olyW6qiQsv
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
“Why did you feel you had to record?” @savannahguthrie asks @OMAROSA pic.twitter.com/T2UORoPDsm
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
“It’s about 3 minutes… it’s audio.” @OMAROSA says of alleged tape from “The Apprentice” years in which Donald Trump used the N-word pic.twitter.com/DHfqjSR1rJ
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
“I was very concerned about my well-being, about what these powerful people would do to me after they threatened me.” @OMAROSA explains why she said in a previous interview that President Trump is not a racist pic.twitter.com/2AW8eEIwqP
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
“John Kelly is running this White House, and Donald Trump has no clue what’s going on. He’s being puppeted, and that’s very dangerous for this nation.” –@OMAROSA pic.twitter.com/tYfDkMF19y
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
“There’s a lot of very corrupt things that are happening in the White House, and I am going to blow the whistle on a lot of this.”
Watch @OMAROSA’s full interview with @savannahguthrie pic.twitter.com/9R2nnDXnIy
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 13, 2018
