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"I
have to protect myself and I have no regret about it," Omarosa
said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Omarosa, usually referred to by only her first name, left the
White House in December, and Sunday's interview coincided with
the release of her book, "Unhinged: An Insider Account of the
Trump White House," detailing her time there.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders blasted the former staffer
after her appearance.
"The very idea a staff member would sneak a recording device
into the White House Situation Room, shows a blatant disregard
for our national security – and then to brag about it on
national television further proves the lack of character and
integrity of this former White House employee,” Sanders said in
a statement.
On the recording, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly can be
heard talking to Omarosa in the Situation Room.
"We want to talk to you about leaving the White House," Kelly
said, as he cited integrity issues for her leaving. "It's
important to understand that if we make this a friendly
departure ... you can go on without any type of difficulty in
the future relative to your reputation."
When asked on "Meet the Press" how often she made recordings
during her time working for President Donald Trump, Omarosa
said: "This is a White House where everybody lies ... you have
to have your own back."
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway responded on ABC's "This Week"
that confidentiality agreements in the White House exist for a
reason.
"You have a reasonable expectation of confidentiality and
privacy in your conversations at your place of work," Conway
said. "Why shouldn't we in the West Wing? Why shouldn't the
president of the United States in the Oval Office indeed the few
times that she was in there with him?"
Omarosa was best known for her appearances on "The Apprentice"
and its sister shows starring then-businessman Donald Trump.
(Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir, additional reporting by Patricia
Zengerle; editing by Grant McCool and Cynthia Osterman)
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