Omarosa Tells AP: 'I Will Not be Silenced'

Omarosa Manigault Newman declared "I will not be silenced" by the Trump campaign.

Manigault Newman spoke to The Associated Press hours after the president's campaign announced it was filing an arbitration action against the former aide alleging she broke a secrecy agreement.

In an interview with the AP, Manigault Newman said she believes the action was intended to keep her from telling her story. She says she "will not be intimidated."

"I'm not going to be bullied by Donald Trump," she says.

Manigault Newman, nonetheless, declined to answer several questions about her time in the White House, citing the arbitration action.

But she continued to unleash criticism of Trump, suggesting he's unfit to be president and is intentionally sowing racial division.

Trump's campaign filed the claim with the America Arbitration Association in New York, claiming Manigault Newman's explosive new book and media tour breached her 2016 confidentiality agreement with the campaign. 

Manigault Newman has acknowledged signing a confidentiality agreement with the campaign in 2016. She wrote in her book that after being fired from the White House in December 2017 she was offered a $15,000 per month position with the Trump re-election effort in exchange for signing a new confidentiality agreement. She says she declined that offer.