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Former Trump Aide Omarosa Has 7-Figure Deal On A Book Out In August. Who’s Buying That?

Former Trump Aide Omarosa Has 7-Figure Deal On A Book Out In August. Who’s Buying That?

 

Former presidential aide and “Apprentice” reality TV contestant Omarosa Manigault Newman promised to write a book after she was escorted out of the White House in late 2017, and she has delivered.

Her publisher describes the upcoming book as “explosive” and “jaw-dropping.”

The memoir is called “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House.” It will be released on Aug. 14, according to publisher Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

A source told the Daily Mail that Omarosa had signed a seven-figure book deal with the publisher.

Thursday on Twitter, many people tweeted that they wouldn’t be buying the book.

Twitter users may not be interested in anything Omarosa has to say, but federal investigators are.

They questioned her as they examined National Enquirer publisher, American Media Inc., and its ties to longtime former Trump attorney, Michael Cohen, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

“Cohen mediated talks between the Enquirer and Manigault-Newman in 2011 after she threatened to sue regarding its coverage of her brother’s murder,” The Hill reported:

“AMI (American Media Inc) had sent a reporter to her brother’s funeral who allegedly spoke to family members without revealing she was a reporter. The agreement Cohen negotiated stated that Manigault-Newman would not file a lawsuit if she received a job with AMI … The publisher announced in December 2011 that Manigault-Newman, then Manigault-Stallworth, would be the West Coast editor for the company’s magazine on reality programs, Reality Weekly. She later worked for AMI’s OK! Magazine … The Journal noted that federal investigators do not believe there was anything improper about Manigault-Newman’s arrangement with the company.”

Trump hired Omarosa in January 2017 as a White House communications director — a rare black woman in Trump’s administration, CNBC reported.

She worked for Trump prior to that during the 2016 presidential campaign as a liaison to the black community. In her role as director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, she was the highest-ranking African-American woman in the White House, according to ABC News.

Omarosa resigned — or was fired — from the White House job in December, possibly due to tension between her and Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Afterwards, she went on the talk show circuit where she likened her time at the White House to working on a plantation,

Omarosa’s insights into the White House included the observation that Mike Pence “thinks Jesus tells him to say things.”

Simon & Schuster describes the book as a “takedown from a strong, intelligent woman who took every name and number”:

“Few have been a member of Donald Trump’s inner orbit longer than Omarosa Manigault Newman.   Their relationship has spanned fifteen years—through four television shows, a presidential campaign, and a year by his side in the most chaotic, outrageous White House in history.  But that relationship has come to a decisive and definitive end, and Omarosa is finally ready to share her side of the story in this explosive, jaw-dropping account.”

Simon & Schuster is hoping it will be “a must-read for any concerned citizen.”

In an interview on “Good Morning America” shortly after her resignation, Omarosa said: “I have seen things (in the White Houe) that have made me uncomfortable, that have upset me, that have affected me deeply and emotionally, that has affected my community and my people.”

During her a stint on “Celebrity Big Brother,” Omarosa said she was “haunted” every day by President Trump’s tweets.

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NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 1: Donald Trump and Omarosa Manigault attend the ‘All-Star Celebrity Apprentice’ Red Carpet Event at Trump Tower on April 1, 2013 in New York City. © Corredor99 / MediaPunch Inc… ./IPX