President Trump’s Campaign Team Sues Omarosa for Nondisclosure Violation

Trump campaign sues Omarosa
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 27: Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault listens during the daily press briefing at the White House, October 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard broke the story that President Donald J. Trump’s campaign group has filed for arbitration against former Trump-insider Omarosa Manigault Newman.

They are claiming that Omarosa broke her 2016 nondisclosure agreement by saying disparaging, false things about President Trump in a new book and also revealed private talks in the very secretive White House Situation Room, which was certainly a national security risk.

Trump campaign lawyers have filed the motion in New York, demanding that former “The Apprentice” star Omarosa comply with her agreement or face consequences.

According to Bedard, samples of the agreement show how Omarosa was “required to keep proprietary information about the president, his companies or his family confidential and to never ‘disparage’ the Trump family ‘during the term of your service and at all times thereafter.'”

Through a statement, the Trump campaign official opined, “Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. has filed an arbitration against Omarosa Manigault-Newman, with the American Arbitration Association in New York City, for breach of her 2016 confidentiality agreement with the Trump Campaign. President Trump is well known for giving people opportunities to advance in their careers and lives over the decades, but wrong is wrong, and a direct violation of an agreement must be addressed and the violator must be held accountable.”

Omarosa claims to have dozens of secret recordings of private discussions, which are clearly covered by the nondisclosure agreement. In recent tweets, President Trump has referred to his former friend as nasty, wacky, and a traitor. Among other things, Omarosa has accused President Trump of using the n-word while on the set of NBC’s “The Apprentice.”

As Bedard explains:

Typically, arbitration demands, like the nondisclosure agreements they address, are kept secret. The campaign’s legal move takes their fight to a whole new level and could wipe her out financially.

While Manigault Newman has claimed that she did not sign a nondisclosure as part of her White House work or in exchange for a 2020 campaign job that did not materialize, her signing of the agreement during her 2016 campaign work remains in force because it is with the same campaign organization and never went out of force, said the campaign.

“The campaign is holding her accountable for the 2016 nondisclosure,” said a Trump ally.

An official said on background that Manigault Newman has made “egregious” violations of the agreement and as a result they are seeking millions of dollars in retaliation. As the case unfolds, they might also seek any “ill-gotten profits” she has received from the book, including her fee for writing it.

Both sides agreed to arbitration in the agreement, and usually, a retired judge serves as an arbitrator who issues a penalty. It has the full force of law and is usually preferable as the process is faster than a normal courtroom. Omarosa has 14 days to comply.

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Omarosa was also fired from the Clinton White House, where she served in the 1990s.

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