Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman has released a new audio recording of a conversation she says she had with U.S. President Donald Trump after she was fired from the White House.
In an excerpt of the recording that was aired on NBC’s Today Show on Monday, Trump expresses surprise that she had been asked to leave. He says: “Nobody even told me about it.”
Manigault Newman is drawing fire for the secret recordings made at the White House, including one of her firing by Chief of Staff John Kelly in the high-security Situation Room.
Parts of her conversation with Kelly were also aired on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday as Manigault Newman promoted her new book, Unhinged.
Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel tweeted: “Who in their right mind thinks it’s appropriate to secretly record the White House chief of staff in the Situation Room?”
A former National Security Council spokesperson called it “unprecedented” and a serious breach of protocol.
Manigault Newman said she surreptitiously recorded a number of conversations in the White House for her own protection.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest recording.