WSJ: Investigators In Cohen Probe Looking At Omarosa Dispute With AMI
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In 2011, Manigault-Newman threatened to file a lawsuit over AMIs coverage of her brothers murder. According to the WSJ, the publisher sent a reporter to Manigault-Newmans brothers funeral and the writer talked to members of the family without identifying herself. Cohen reportedly intervened and helped draft an agreement under which Manigault-Newman would drop her lawsuit against AMI if they gave her a job, sources told WSJ.
Manigault-Newman worked as an editor for the now-shuttered Reality Weekly, as well as OK! Magazine. A former bureau chief for the National Enquirer told WSJ that he wasnt not sure what Manigault-Newmans job actually entailed and that she regularly didnt come to work.
Manigault-Newman met Trump when she was a contestant on his show The Apprentice in 2004, before the dispute with AMI, whose publisher David Pecker is a longtime friend of Trumps. Manigault-Newman landed a job in Trumps White House, but was reportedly forced out. She then joined the cast of reality show Big Brother, where she expressed discontent with the Trump administration and then walked back the criticism during cable news interviews.
While the resolution with AMI may not have been inappropriate, Cohens involvement in the dispute adds convoluted layer to Trumps former lawyers alleged dealings with AMI and reported attempts to manage hush agreements for Trump.
From TPM -
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/federal-investigators-interviewed-omarosa-ami-dispute
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