The White House said Wednesday that Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former “The Apprentice” contestant turned political neophyte, is leaving the administration next month.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told The Associated Press that Manigault Newman’s resignation is effective Jan. 20, one year since Trump’s inauguration.
Omarosé Onée Manigault-Newman[a] (born February 5, 1974), often referred to mononymously as Omarosa, is an American former reality television show participant, who was a political aide in the White House. She is the director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison for the Trump administration and is set to retire on January 20, 2018. Born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, Manigault received a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Central State University.