White House aide resigns

Omarosa Newman, a former reality television
star-turned political aide to U.S. President Donald
Trump, has resigned from the White House to
“pursue other opportunities,” Trump’s
spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, said on
Wednesday.
Newman served as an Assistant to the president
and Director of Communications for the White
House’s Office of Public Liaison.
A former star of Trump’s TV show “The
Apprentice,” Newman worked as the Director of
African-American outreach on Trump’s 2016
presidential campaign.
Sanders said Newman’s departure would take
effect Jan. 20, 2018.
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She had what sometimes appeared to be an
ambiguous role in the White House orbit.
The New York Times reported in September that
Chief of Staff, John Kelly, had put her on a “no-
fly list” of aides, who he did not consider fit to
attend serious meetings.
Sources with ties to the White House have said
they expect a wave of departures from the
administration once Trump has completed his
first year in office.