Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Omarosa's book is 'riddled with lies' and bashes the media for giving her 'a platform'

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday said Omarosa Manigault's new memoir is "riddled with lies."

• White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said ex-White House adviser Omarosa Manigault's new memoir, "Unhinged," is "riddled with lies and false accusations."
• She also slammed the media for giving "her a platform."
• Sanders referred to Manigault as a "disgruntled former White House employee," saying it's "sad" she's "trying to profit off these false attacks."
• Manigault's memoir claims the president used the N-word on tape during his years hosting "The Apprentice."
• Manigault's book is set to be published next week.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday said former White House adviser Omarosa Manigault's new memoir, "Unhinged," is "riddled with lies and false accusations," slamming the media for giving her a "platform."

"Instead of telling the truth about all the good President Trump and his administration are doing to make America safe and prosperous, this book is riddled with lies and false accusations," Sanders said in a statement.

Sanders referred to Manigault as a "disgruntled former White House employee," saying it's "sad" she's "trying to profit off these false attacks."

The White House press secretary, who routinely engages in heated exchanges with reporters during press briefings, also focused ire on media coverage of book, which is set to be published next week.

It's "even worse that the media would now give her a platform, after not taking her seriously with she had only positive things to say about the President during her time in the administration," Sanders said.

Several explosive details from Manigault's memoir emerged Friday. In the book, she claims the president routinely used the N-word on tape during his years hosting "The Apprentice," though she says she has not heard him say the word.

She also claimed to have personally witnessed Trump insulting George Conway, the husband of the White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, with racial slurs that degraded his Filipino heritage. George Conway called her allegations "not credible."

Manigault, who was a contestant on "The Apprentice," had a short lived and tumultuous tenure at the White House. Accordingly, many question the validity of her claims surrounding the president.