LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman declared Tuesday [8-14-18] that she ‘will not be silenced’ by President Donald Trump, remaining defiant as her public feud with her former boss appeared to shift to a possible legal battle. In an interview with The Associated Press, Manigault Newman, who is promoting her new book about her time in Trump’s orbit, said she believes the president’s campaign organization is trying to keep her from telling her story. She commented just hours after Trump’s campaign announced it was filing an arbitration action against her, alleging violations of a secrecy agreement she signed…Still, the former reality TV star-turned-political aide declined to answer several questions about her experiences during her year as the highest-ranking African-American aide in Trump’s White House, citing the arbitration action. She said she’d been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, but would not discuss details. She did defend herself against criticism that she didn’t do enough to help African-Americans at the White House, which currently has no African-American in a senior role following her departure.”
–Darlene Superville, “Ex-White House aide says Trump trying to silence her,” The Associated Press, August 14, 2018 7:10 pm