April Ryan told The Washington Post that Omarosa Manigault physically intimidated her

[kentuck]

http://heavy.com/news/2017/02/april-ryan-omarosa-manigault-dossier-physical-confrontation-fight-white-house-reporter-american-urban-radio-networks-politics-book-sales-donald-trump/

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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 won’t 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 we’re 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]

1. He said it was a joke.

Not funny asshole.

[louis-t]

2. Loose cannon Omarosa.

She will be dismissed soon.

[kentuck]

3. I wonder if "intimidation" is part of their strategy?

Omarosa might intimidate a lot of female reporters?

[louis-t]

4. It is absolutely a part of their strategy.

[Blue_Tires]

5. I liked the part where Omarosa cites a fucking Intercept smear piece

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.”

[eleny]

6. So the Intercept article clearly states that the reporters were *not paid* by the Clintons

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]

7. April Ryan should have told her if she thought about hitting her she better pinch herself...

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?