By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com
- Omarosa Manigault is leaving the administration on the anniversary of President Donald Trump ‘s inauguration
- Manigault appeared on the reality television show The Apprentice with Trump and is said to be leaving his service on positive terms
- A source outside the administration said that she was fired and escorted off the grounds the evening before, however
- White House statement: ‘Omarosa Manigault Newman resigned yesterday to pursue other opportunities. Her departure will not be effective until January 20, 2018. We wish her the best in future endeavors and are grateful for her service’
- Source said she was leaving after Roy Moore fiasco, saying ‘enough was enough’
Omarosa Manigault is leaving the administration on the anniversary of President Donald Trump‘s inauguration – and a handful of other aides are expected to follow suit.
A senior White House official told DailyMail.com on Wednesday morning that Manigault had a chance to speak to the president, with whom she appeared with on the reality television show The Apprentice, and is leaving his service on positive terms.
Manigault is said to have left because of Roy Moore, an Alabama Republican accused of sexually assaulting and harassing teens. Moore was also hit with charges of racism after he said in unearthed remarks that the 10th Amendment should be abolished.
A source outside the administration said that she was fired and escorted off the grounds the evening before, however, and she has been planning Black History Month events for February.
‘Why would you be planning Black History Month events if you were going to resign after Roy Moore?’ the source said.
Manigault is said to have left because of Roy Moore, an Alabama Republican accused of sexually assaulting and harassing teens.
The rumor was afoot on Wednesday morning that Manigault was not leaving on her own terms.
But the White House quickly confirmed that the 43-year-old staffer who quickly became a lightning rod for controversy in the Trump administration would be departing in January.
‘Omarosa Manigault Newman resigned yesterday to pursue other opportunities. Her departure will not be effective until January 20, 2018. We wish her the best in future endeavors and are grateful for her service,’ a statement read.
Manigault struggled in the administration, where she was the only senior African-American staffer.
Her office was not in the West Wing, and she’s was said to have lost her Oval Office walk-in privileges months ago.
She stayed on past the president’s comment that there were ‘very fine people’ on both sides of a Charlottesville race riot, a remark that was interpreted by many as racially insensitive.
And she stood by his side through a verbal assault on football players who kneel during the National Anthem in protest of police brutality against African-Americans.
By the time Trump fought with an African-American Gold Star widow whose husband died in the line of duty, Omarosa’s patience was wearing thin, a source said.
She is set to leave the White House on Jan. 20, 2017 – her one-year mark in the administration and Trump’s anniversary in the Oval Office.
At least four more officials will make their exit, then, too, a White House official said. Those names were not disclosed.
Dina Powell, the deputy national security advisor, has already said will leave early next year. She is not one of the four, undisclosed staffers who are also departing in the one-year exodus.
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