ANTI-TRUMP REPORTER GETS UNWELCOME SURPRISE

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Powerline:

April Ryan is a reporter for American Urban Radio Networks. Last week, after a tense exchange with White House aide Omarosa Manigault, she leveled several accusations.

 

Ryan claimed that Manigault told her she was among a group of reporters on whom the White House is keeping dossiers with negative information. She claimed that she felt “physically intimidated” by Manigault. She described Manigault’s behavior as threatening enough to be “Secret Serviceable,” meaning that it warranted intervention by law enforcement officers.

 

Manigault denied Ryan’s accusations. She called them “fake news.”

 

Now, Manigault says that a White House media employee recorded the encounter. According to Manigault, the recording backs up her contention that Ryan’s version is false.

 

She says the tape shows that Ryan came into the White House press-staff area “hot,” hurling insults at her:

 

She came in with an attitude. For her to characterize me as the bully — I’m so glad we have this tape. . .because it’s ‘liar, liar, pants on fire.”

 

Ryan is not happy that the the White House has the tape. She complains that she was not aware that the exchange was being recorded and that she never consented to it. “This is freaking Nixonian,” she adds.