Nigeria’s Omarosa Manigault resigns from Trump's administration

Ms. Omarosa Manigault Newman, a Nigerian who is the director of communications for the White House’s office of public liaison and one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent African American supporters, has resigned from her post.

According to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, Manigault who earns $180,000 per annum will leave the White House on January 20, 2017, exactly one year after President Donald Trump took office.

It is not immediately clear why Omarosa resigned but the 43-year-old, who recently married John Newman, a Florida-based pastor, has been struggling to keep her job and family, TheCable learnt.

A source said Omarosa’s departure is connected to the “internal war” within Trump cabinet due to her refusal to defend the administration had long been a sticking point. Omarosa “went dark after Charlottesville” and “checked out”, the source said, alluding to the moment in August when Trump denounced violence “on many sides” surrounding a rally which united white supremacists and neo-Nazis in a show of strength. 

Omarosa also was unwilling to talk about Trump’s civil rights record in the wake of his visit to the opening of a new museum in Mississippi on Saturday, nor was she willing to defend his support for Roy Moore in Alabama – a candidate who claimed America was last great during the era of slavery.

Her refusal to be a public advocate for the White House as its most prominent African American woman culminated on Tuesday night in a meeting with chief of staff John Kelly and several lawyers in the White House Situation Room that the source said ended with her departure from the administration.

The US Secret Service used its Twitter account to deny that they were involved in “physically removing” Omarosa from the White House complex. The statements did not deny that she was escorted off the complex, but said the only role performed by Secret Service personnel was to deactivate her pass.

The Secret Service was not involved in the termination process of Ms Manigault Newman or the escort off of the complex. Our only involvement in this matter was to deactivate the individual's pass which grants access to the complex.

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) December 13, 2017

Manigault Newman’s departure comes at the start of what’s expected to be a round of departures heading into the new year.

At least 14 people have left Trump’s government.

Omarosa was the director of African-American outreach in Trump’s campaign.

Meanwhile, Trump tweeted his thanks for her service on Wednesday evening.

Thank you Omarosa for your service! I wish you continued success.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017