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Former White House advisor Omarosa Manigault Newman has accused Trump of pay discrimination during his 2016 presidential campaign, according to new court documents released today.

In support of a proposed class action lawsuit, Manigault Newman says the Trump campaign paid her and other female employees less than their male counterparts. The court document specifically refers to Bryan Lanza, who served as deputy communications director during the campaign, as an example of a colleague who was in a similar position yet got more pay.



“While I strongly suspected I was subjected to pay discrimination while with the Trump campaign, I have since seen expert analysis confirming this to be true,” Manigault Newman said in a statement. “The numbers don’t lie.”



The class action lawsuit is headed by fellow 2016 campaign staffer Alva Johnson. Besides alleging pay discrimination in the campaign, Johnson’s lawsuit also claims Trump forcibly kissed Johnson at a stop in Tampa, Florida on the campaign trail. The president has denied Johnson’s claims, and his attorneys made a motion to dismiss Johnson’s lawsuit



Since she was fired in December 2017, Manigault Newman has been a critic of Trump. In her memoir released last August, Manigault Newman listed a number of cases she says prove the president is racist and sexist.