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April Ryan told The Washington Post that Omarosa Manigault physically intimidated her at the White House last Wednesday, adding that the incident got to the point that the Secret Service could have intervened.
She stood right in my face like she was going to hit me, Ryan told The Washington Post. I said, You better back up. She thought I would be bullied. I wont be.
Ryan also says that Omarosa threatened her by saying that the White House has dossiers of negative information about journalists. Omarosa made a similar statement a few months ago, although she was talking about Republican opponents; in November, Omarosa said that Trump was keeping a list of Republicans who did not support him.
Let me just tell you, Mr. Trump has a long memory and were keeping a list, Omarosa said, according to the Independent Journal Review.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was asked about this in a briefing on Tuesday, and he said definitively that the White House is not keeping dossiers on journalists.
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Not funny asshole.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)She will be dismissed soon.
kentuck
(111,102 posts)Omarosa might intimidate a lot of female reporters?
louis-t
(23,295 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)against Hillary as her "evidence".
In October, Manigault sent Ryan an email raising questions about whether Ryan was being paid by Hillary Clintons 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 campaigns 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.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Hardly a smear piece. But Manigault implied that they were paid. So it's only a smear if you believe M's lie about the article's contents.
I'm hardly shocked that a campaign would try to influence journalists. Campaigns by their nature are influence or manipulation machines. That's their whole purpose. Hardly an omg moment.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)April Ryan should have told her if she thought about hitting her she better pinch herself because she must be dreaming.
What's with these Deplorables?