Ousted White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman recently told friends and associates that she recorded private phone calls between herself and White House senior advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner President Trumps daughter and son-in-law. One of those conversations took place Dec. 14, the day after Manigault Newman, who worked as director of the Office of Public Liaison, was informed by White House chief of staff John Kelly she was being fired.