Tom Arnold Claims ‘Smart Watergate Level Journalists’ Are On Top of Reviewing Trump Apprentice Tapes
Earlier this month, comedian and actor Tom Arnold told a Seattle radio show that he was in possession of Apprentice outtakes showing President-elect Donald Trump using racial slurs and making other offensive remarks. It had been reported prior to the election that embarrassing footage of Trump from the program existed and there had been a push by some to convince editors and producers to release the tapes, with offers to cover the legal penalties that would be involved.
After making this bombshell announcement, Arnold said that the Trump team contacted him threatening a lawsuit over the allegations he made regarding the tape. (However, it isn’t clear if Trump’s camp actually made any call to Arnold.) The True Lies star noted that it was “on” and hinted Trump would be in trouble during discovery when the Apprentice vaults would be open.
Yesterday, Arnold expanded on where the tapes are and what needs to occur to get them publicly released. Taking to Twitter, Arnold answered fellow actor Michael Rappaport’s question about the footage in a thread that explained the steps he needs to take and that the outtakes “will be reviewed soon” by journalists.
1. I'm going 2 explain cause I know U rode Trump's butt for the 5 yrs it took him 2 confirm Obama's legitimacy. I received tape via program https://t.co/scvnHYpEuV
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
2. Used in our biz 2 prevent piracy. Had a limited time password. When I received no one thought Trump would be Pres. When it became real https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
3. People got scared. Can't blame them. Me & my fam get threatened by Alt Right nuts a lot plus only Billy Bush's career was hurt by "grab https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
4. Her by the pussy" tape. Normally I don't think a persons private life should affect job. Didn't say anything about Natl Enquirer paying https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
5. Off Trumps playmate girlfriends. Plus he'd always been nice to me but he became a bully. John McCain's POW heroism, Cruz's dad killing https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
6. JFK Etc. Not the guy I knew & he was stoking racism. Lying. Basically saying anything to get elected contradicting himself. Then the https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
7. Russian hack happened. That and him lying about releasing his taxes. I knew he'd spoken to Putin 2013 in Moscow during Miss Universe https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
8. Contest from NBC guy that was with him. I shot a movie "produced" by one of his bus partners & Putin pal. Very chatty. This was 2015 so https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
9. Of course he didn't think he was telling tales about what happened in 2013 to a US President. You have to see his taxes. These tapes https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
10. Are disgusting but not illegal. I'm not going to out the little guy but I personally confronted 7 powerful Hollywood people who have https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
11. Everything. They hate me now. Terrible career move but I believe if Russia has something they can blackmail our president with its worth https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
12. The risk to me. Plus I'm a 57 year old father of 1 & 3 yr olds. I want to do all I can so there's a safe America for them. Call me & I https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
13. Will give you the names of the 7 big shots and you can risk your livelihood and confront them too. All will be reviewed soon. Smart https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
14. Watergate level journalists are ontop of this. https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
A month before the election, Trump’s chances of victory seemed to take a huge hit after footage of him saying “grab ’em by the pussy” on a hot mic during a 2005 appearance on Access Hollywood was released to the public.
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