Trump calls Omarosa a 'dog', takes legal action

Representatives of US President Donald Trump have taken legal action against his former adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman over an alleged confidentiality breach.

Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman in a new book claims that Trump had repeatedly used a racial slur during making of one of his TV shows. Source: EPA

President Donald Trump lashed out at his former "Apprentice" and White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman Tuesday in especially angry terms, slamming her as a "dog" and a "crazed, crying lowlife" as her tell-all book hit bookstores.

Manigault Newman -- who first gained fame as a contestant on Trump's reality TV show -- has dripped out recordings of embarrassing private conversations at the White House as she promotes a memoir about her time with "The Donald."

Her book -- which paints Trump as a racist, liar and a "germophobe" with a "total lack of empathy" -- has plunged the White House and the president into fresh crisis, and her comments to the media have dominated US headlines for days.

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