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bigtree

(85,998 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 08:49 AM Feb 2017

Omarosa threatens reporter: 'Trump officials have incriminating dossiers on journalists'




Omarosa Manigault, the former Apprentice star turned White House communications official threatened American Urban Radio Networks’ White House correspondent April Ryan last week insisting Donald Trump officials have “dossiers” of incriminating information on her and other journalists, the Washington Post reports.

The encounter reportedly occurred just outside the West Wing last Wednesday, near White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s office. The crux of the argument was over an email Manigualt sent to Ryan last October, demanding to known whether the journalist was paid by former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign...

Ryan vigorously denied Manigault’s charge, insisting the former Apprentice star is “trying to harm my integrity and my career.”

Ryan said during the altercation, Manigault “stood right in my face like she was going to hit me.”

“I said, ‘You better back up,’” Ryan added. “She thought I would be bullied. I won’t be.”

read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/omarosa-threatens-reporter-trump-officials-have-incriminating-dossiers-on-journalists/


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Omarosa threatens reporter: 'Trump officials have incriminating dossiers on journalists' (Original Post) bigtree Feb 2017 OP
ReTHUGlicans & Russian MOB Cronies Vs. America Achilleaze Feb 2017 #1
This is the craziest time to be alive in political history. joshcryer Feb 2017 #2
it's like the Nixon presidency, fast-forwarded to impeachment Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #4
It's like Nixon on crack grantcart Feb 2017 #30
Yes please, impeachment DK504 Feb 2017 #32
Yes! And who doubts this soon-to-be-gone incompetent Hortensis Feb 2017 #33
he is a deeply deeply dysfunctional, damaged person Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #40
whatever.... she's a lying mean-spirited hack like her boss Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #3
There's only one Republican who has a proven record... yallerdawg Feb 2017 #5
Joe Madison was talking about this on his show this morning BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #6
Power drunk tacky poshite Cha Feb 2017 #7
"dossiers on journalists" is very fascist. Not a term I use lightly, but more frequently these days Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #8
I liked the part where Omarosa cites a fucking Intercept smear piece Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #9
This and her threats need to go viral. Who the *#$@ does she think she is. mfcorey1 Feb 2017 #10
Fascism on the march... dhill926 Feb 2017 #11
Wait a minute, she actually has a job in the Trump (Mis)administation? FSogol Feb 2017 #12
Afraid so - "director of communications for the office of public liaison" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #17
But not for long. One of the dysfunctional -paths Hortensis Feb 2017 #41
She is a nobody trying to be a somebody acting like the loser she is. AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #13
+1 narnian60 Feb 2017 #37
Is she going to be the one to replace Spicer or Conway? NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #14
Ordained Minister Omarosa Manigault. Keep telling yourself you're relevant. rec, nt. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #15
Oh Omarosa! muntrv Feb 2017 #16
Oh This S**T Is A Problem!!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2017 #18
wow. barbtries Feb 2017 #19
Like Russia: He who has the dirt sets the agenda bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #20
Sue her superpatriotman Feb 2017 #21
And who compiled these dossiers? world wide wally Feb 2017 #22
omarosa heaven05 Feb 2017 #23
Smell the fascism? simguy225 Feb 2017 #24
In some ways the Omarosa creature is more insane than Conway miyazaki Feb 2017 #25
So all that time not spent on crafting coherent policy wasn't wasted. Orsino Feb 2017 #26
Just like Himmler's Dossiers C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #27
Am I wrong to believe that someone might possibly have an 'interesting' dossier on Omarosa Siwsan Feb 2017 #28
Can't we finish one scandal before we get the next one? grantcart Feb 2017 #29
"I want one day without a CNN alert that scares the hell out of me." FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #38
Why is she threatening journalist? Corgigal Feb 2017 #31
Didn't expect them to go full J. Edgar pecosbob Feb 2017 #34
Let me just tell you, Mr. Trump has a long memory and were keeping a list, she added. riversedge Feb 2017 #35
Get Recording Devices erpowers Feb 2017 #36
The Russians are now in charge with dossiers on this one and dossiers on that one. democratisphere Feb 2017 #39
» bigtree Feb 2017 #42

DK504

(3,847 posts)
32. Yes please, impeachment
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:24 AM
Feb 2017

should be next on the docket. I swear this is the tennis ball administration. Chuunk, chuunk, chuunk.

Put it up on a wheel like the game show and pick one everyday. And the winner is!!!!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
33. Yes! And who doubts this soon-to-be-gone incompetent
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:25 AM
Feb 2017

is speaking the truth of this nest of crooks and wanna-be fascists? Every day new evidence of just how astonishingly dysfunctional 45 is. He couldn't find "normal" if it were taped to his nose.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
5. There's only one Republican who has a proven record...
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 09:00 AM
Feb 2017

on handling an insane political staff that hands out "rogue" payoffs and revenge "behind the bosses back"!

Chris Christie to the rescue!

BumRushDaShow

(129,084 posts)
6. Joe Madison was talking about this on his show this morning
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 09:00 AM
Feb 2017

He has had both of them on his show in the past (but generally has April on at least once a month or so). He will discuss it more later this morning on his show.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
9. I liked the part where Omarosa cites a fucking Intercept smear piece
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 09:28 AM
Feb 2017

against Hillary as her "evidence".




In October, Manigault sent Ryan an email raising questions about whether Ryan was being paid by Hillary Clinton’s campaign — a claim Ryan vigorously denies. Manigault included a link to an article from the Intercept, which covers national security issues.

The article detailed the Clinton campaign’s effort to secure favorable media coverage by “manipulating” reporters; it included a list compiled by Clinton staffers of TV surrogates who were part of the campaign. It published a separate list of journalists, including Ryan, whom the campaign hoped to influence but were not paid by the Clintons.

“This story suggests that as a reporter, you are (or were) a paid Clinton surrogate,” Manigault wrote in the email. “I pray this is not true! This could be hurtful to your legacy and the integrity of your work.”

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
13. She is a nobody trying to be a somebody acting like the loser she is.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 09:39 AM
Feb 2017

Bullying is the only option when you don't have skills. Yep. Going straight to nowhere.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
18. Oh This S**T Is A Problem!!!
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 09:53 AM
Feb 2017

How DARE she open her mouth to Threaten April Ryan? She's On Notice with the #TheResistanceIsBlack Community and will be handled accordingly.

barbtries

(28,798 posts)
19. wow.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 09:58 AM
Feb 2017

this is just too much. that Miller dude on the talk shows basically saying that trump can't be fucked with by the courts. now this. bannon the nazi running the show. trump the tweetfreak running around with no clothes on emperor style, conducting classified business from the patio of his club.

it's surreal.

bucolic_frolic

(43,177 posts)
20. Like Russia: He who has the dirt sets the agenda
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 09:59 AM
Feb 2017

Time to fly the Russian Flag alongside your Trump posters

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
23. omarosa
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 10:56 AM
Feb 2017

is another boy-potus embarrassment of a supporter who got a job by selling her soul to the highest bidder...a tool, a token.

miyazaki

(2,244 posts)
25. In some ways the Omarosa creature is more insane than Conway
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:15 AM
Feb 2017

-if you've ever seen her in action. Better to equip yourself with a polished shield and cast a reflection
rather than gaze at her face directly.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
26. So all that time not spent on crafting coherent policy wasn't wasted.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:18 AM
Feb 2017

They may have no clue how to govern, but they know who might expose the incompetence.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
27. Just like Himmler's Dossiers
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:19 AM
Feb 2017

Apparently Trump thinks Mein Kampf is a how-to-guide....

Dictatorships for Dummies?

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
28. Am I wrong to believe that someone might possibly have an 'interesting' dossier on Omarosa
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:19 AM
Feb 2017
Perhaps she should think twice about issuing threats.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
31. Why is she threatening journalist?
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:24 AM
Feb 2017

It's the spookys who took out her friend.

May I suggest a new hobby, you're over your skill set.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
35. Let me just tell you, Mr. Trump has a long memory and were keeping a list, she added.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:25 AM
Feb 2017

She is a vile person.


.....Manigault has a history of threatening people—particularly those critical of the Trump administration. Discussing Trump critic Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at Trump’s election night party in New York, Manigault told the Independent Journal Review, “it’s so great our enemies are making themselves clear so that when we get in to the White House, we know where we stand.”

“Let me just tell you, Mr. Trump has a long memory and we’re keeping a list,” she added.

Manigault made similar comments even before Trump’s election. In September, she bragged that, “every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump.”....


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/omarosa-threatens-reporter-trump-officials-have-incriminating-dossiers-on-journalists/

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
36. Get Recording Devices
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:28 AM
Feb 2017

According to twitter Omarosa's response was that Ryan's claim was fake news. Each journalist should get some form of a secret recording device and use it when talking to members of the Trump Administration. If journalists can get recordings of Trump officials those officials will not be able to deny their actions.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
39. The Russians are now in charge with dossiers on this one and dossiers on that one.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:47 AM
Feb 2017

Our country has been turned into a spy, blackmail, really bad, so-called reality made for sh'tty TV show. We are becoming the laughing stock of the world.

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