Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump--And Played the Audio for People, Sources Say

[blondebanshee]

Oh Lordy!



[link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/omarosa-secretly-recorded-trumpand-played-the-audio-for-people-while-shopping-her-new-book-sources-say/|

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. From the article:

"One person confirmed to The Daily Beast they had heard at least one of her recordings featuring President Trump. Multiple sources familiar with the so-called “Omarosa tapes” described the recorded conversations between Trump and Manigault as anodyne, everyday chatter, but said they did appear to feature Trump’s voice, either over the phone or in-person."

[lame54]

2. We know Cohen's tapes were legal in NY...

Not so sure about secretly taping in the White House

[EffieBlack]

11. DC is a one-party consent jurisdiction

As long as one party t9 the conversation consents, it’s legal.

[lame54]

13. But, in the White House?...

That reeks of espionage

[EffieBlack]

14. There's no law prohibiting recording in the White House, as far as I know

There are laws, regulations and procedures about recording in certain restricted areas of the White House, such as the Situation Room, and any other secure area designated as a "SCIF" where recording or electronic surveillance is strictly forbidden at all times. Most of the White House is not designated as a SCIF.

[poetshepherd]

18. There is a law

Presidential Records Act--basically, WH can argue her audio is an "official" gov't property. It's a little vague, but that's what courts are for.

[EffieBlack]

19. The Presidential Records Act doesn't prohibit taping anything in the White House - it just dictates

how audio versions of presidential records must be handled.

[manor321]

3. Nice!

[Grammy23]

4. Oh, please let there be tapes...

I would take almost anything at this point but preferably I’d like an unhinged rant where he is spitting and sputtering mad. Throw in a dozen or so racial and ethnic slurs and then drag the ladies by their private parts for good measure. Just really lose his freakin’ mind. Eyes bulged out past his nose. Veins popping on what is left of his scalp. We know he is capable of this. So maybe the dreadful Omarosa will salvage what is left of her reputation by taking tRump down, down, down. Imagine that? A woman — a black woman — former contestant on Apprentice?? Wouldn’t that be too, too rich??

[Chellee]

9. Better yet,

laughing at his own supporters. Talking about how gullible they are, how they'll believe whatever BS crap he feeds them. How he manipulates them, and they fall for it every time.

An unhinged rant won't budge his supporters. They like unhinged rants. But hearing what he really thinks about them? How's he's using them? That they were all conned? That might change the equation.

Might not, a lot of them would believe him when he complained that it was a "fake tape" and how wrong it was for Omarosa to tape him.

Yes, I believe that he could say that she taped him, and that it was fake all in the same sentence, and they would just nod along like a dashboard dog.

[Grammy23]

10. Donald tRump's

Lonesome Rhoads moment. Face in the Crowd. Great movie all the way to the last frame.

I will take it!

[C_U_L8R]

5. Sharing is the right thing to do.

[ProfessorPlum]

6. Trump reportedly secretly recorded people all the time

for the purpose of breaking up his "friends'" marriages, for example.

So, I'd say, it's time for the gander to get his

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. I'm not too crazy about her

She once said during the campaign that we would all be "bowing" to Trump one day and didn't flip on him until she was cast out from the WH for some unnamed reason(s). Seems like an opportunistic move for her.

[brooklynite]

8. Who could have IMAGINED that a REALITY TV VILLAIN would act so IRRESPONSIBLY?

[FSogol]

12. Holy Crap, the security at the Trumpy WH is laughable. Kelly, "you're doing a heckuva job"

[DesertRat]

15. DT falsely claimed that Obama and Comey were recording him

Turns out it was Michael Cohen and Omarosa...and I wonder who else?

[FSogol]

17. Wait until the tapes Melania made come out.

[DesertRat]

20. oooh...

[wiggs]

16. Expect some 'leaked' info to be fake. There is no bar low enough. nt