Fox News holds Katrina Pierson's feet to the fire over her confusing explanation of Trump's alleged N-word tape

Trump campaign official Katrina Pierson insists that her former colleague Omarosa Manigault Newman is twisting the story around when it comes to claims that President Trump is on tape saying the N-word.

Pierson appeared on Fox News for a second night in a row to explain why she appeared to lie when she said Monday that she never acknowledged the existence of such a tape. On Tuesday, Manigault Newman gave CBS News a recording of Pierson talking with former Trump aide Lynne Patton, saying she was working on figuring out "a way to spin it" and saying, "He said it, he's embarrassed."

While the recording purportedly proves that Trump campaign officials were worried about the alleged tape becoming public, Pierson told Fox News' Ed Henry that Manigault Newman was conflating two different recordings to make her look bad. The heated interview only served to make the saga even more baffling, with Pierson insisting that when she said Manigault Newman's story was "absolutely not true," she was only responding to an ultra-specific claim involving a conversation with former Trump communications aide Jason Miller, not the discussion with Patton.

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Even though the story is certainly still far from clear, Pierson muddied up the narrative enough to force Henry to move on — but not before grilling her on why she "changed her story" after the recording came out. Watch the full interview below, via Fox News. Summer Meza