Trump campaign asks Omarosa for $1m to pay for ads to 'restore his reputation' as part of her settlement for breaking NDA with tell-all book that called president 'racist'

 The Trump campaign wants Omarosa Manigult Newman to pay almost $1million for ads that would serve to correct her comments about the president in 2018 book Unhinged, according to a report.

The suggestion was made by crisis management expert Eric W. Rose who submitted a proposal 'a few weeks' before the November election, the New York Times reports.

Rose is an expert witness in the ongoing arbitrary case over the former White House aide violating a nondisclosure agreement to write her tell-all book. 

Now Trump's campaign has said it would cost more than $846,000 to restore his reputation after the tell-all which labelled Trump 'a racist, a bigot and a misogynist',  as well as someone physically unwell and in 'mental decline.' 

The former reality TV star, who appeared in The Apprentice - also claimed First lady Melania Trump wanted to divorce him as soon as he was out of the White House.  

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The Trump campaign wants Omarosa Manigult Newman to pay $846,000 for corrective ads/corrective statements after violating a nondisclosure agreement

Trump has previously claimed the accusations are false and stemmed from her trying to make a profit.  

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The former White House aide wrote in her 2018 book Unhinged that Trump is 'a racist, a bigot and a misogynist' plus physically unwell and in 'mental decline'

'It would be my recommendation that Ms. Manigault Newman pays for the corrective ads/corrective statements outlined above to counteract the long-term adverse effects of information that appeared as a result of Ms. Manigault Newman violating her confidentially agreement,' Rose wrote, according to the Times report on Tuesday.

'If corrective ads are not placed, voters may continue to hold beliefs about the president as a result of Ms. Manigault Newman's statements.'

A lawyer for Omarosa, who has known Trump 14 years, called the new document 'weaponized litigation.'

John Phillips said the report was filed after they asked how it could be proven that they owe damages in the case and the response was that corrective statements in advertising would be the 'remedy.'

Phillips also told the Times that the campaign wouldn't be able to claim Omarosa's comments resulted in a loss of donations as they had raised over $1billion.

'Friday, we found out their bullets are commercials they want Omarosa to go do,' John Phillips, said. 

'This isn't free speech. It's speech with a gun to your head.'

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'If corrective ads are not placed, voters may continue to hold beliefs about the president as a result of [Omarosa's] statements,' an expert witness said in the recent lawsuit filing. They are pictured at an All-Star Celebrity Apprentice event in April 2013

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However a legal adviser to Trump's reelection campaign responded that the nearly $1million wouldn't be a contribution to the campaign.

'The report evidences the extent of damages suffered by the Trump campaign as a direct result of Ms. Manigault Newman's breach of her unambiguous contractual obligations,' Jenna Ellis continued.

Campaign legal experts disagreed.

'In my opinion it would be an illegally large in-kind contribution to the Trump campaign,' Paul S. Ryan, the vice president for policy and litigation at the good-government group Common Cause, said.

He added that even if the reality star didn't pay for Trump's ad, the value of her appearance alone would exceed the $2,800 federal contribution limit.

Brendan Fischer, of the Campaign Legal Center, said if the deal went ahead both sides 'would be violating campaign finance laws.'

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A legal adviser to Trump's reelection campaign responded that the nearly $1million wouldn't be a contribution to the campaign but other legal experts disagree and say it violates laws