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Norbert

(7,387 posts)
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:45 AM Yesterday

Wealthy TV producer holding potentially damaging Trump tapes 'in a vault in Idaho'

Remember, Billy Bush got canned from his job at the time, while Dementia Donnie got the Nuclear Codes. But I am skeptical. What if he has something on Burnett and will use it for extortion purposes.

Radio and television personality Billy Bush, who in 2005 was featured alongside President Donald Trump in the infamous Access Hollywood tape that saw Trump brag about grabbing women “by the p----,” said that a trove of still unseen videos exist but are currently in the possession of a wealthy television producer.

Speaking on the Jim Acosta Show Thursday, Bush provided details as to how and why the Access Hollywood tape was initially obtained, and how evidence exists that far more yet-unseen videos still exist.

“When [the Access Hollywood tape] came out, it was because a contestant in a Miss Universe pageant had said 'Donald Trump has said terrible things about me,' and he said 'I never talk like that at all,' and then NBC sent out to all their divisions 'look through your tapes,’” Bush said. “Now, the ones they wanted belonged to Mark Burnett and are in a vault somewhere in Idaho, and those are all the outtakes from The Apprentice set.”

Burnett, a thirteen-time Emmy Award winner, has a long personal relationship with Trump, with Trump reportedly once calling Burnett a “special special friend.” Burnett also produced Trump’s popular reality television series “The Apprentice,” which ran from 2004 to 2017, hundreds of tapes of outtakes of which still exist and are in the possession of Burnett, Bush claimed.

Whether any of the unseen tapes will ever come to light, remains unclear. Burnett has denied being a supporter of Trump’s presidency, declaring himself in 2016 “I am not pro-Trump,” and that he and his wife “reject the hatred, division and misogyny that has been a very unfortunate part of his campaign.”

However, despite Burnett’s past claims, he was tapped by Trump as the special envoy to the United Kingdom, suggesting that the two may very well have made amends, and further suggesting that the television producer may be hesitant to cave to demands to release his trove of Trump tapes, which likely include well over a decade of outtakes and behind the scenes footage shot on the set of The Apprentice.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/wealthy-tv-producer-holding-potentially-damaging-trump-tapes-in-a-vault-in-idaho/ar-AA1NpQnj?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=68d7e8241dc741028a636cdfaf945d61&ei=15

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Wealthy TV producer holding potentially damaging Trump tapes 'in a vault in Idaho' (Original Post) Norbert Yesterday OP
Tom Arnold hinted at this years ago. underpants Yesterday #1
I'm sure Burnett is a silent partner in every grift Trump runs. CincyDem Yesterday #2
Damaging? To whom? Lets face it flvegan Yesterday #3
Burnett is the reason I don't watch "Survivor" or any other of his shows Ritabert Yesterday #4
Same here with Survivor. debm55 22 hrs ago #6
i remember 1st term rumors that burnett mopinko 23 hrs ago #5
Burnett and wife Roma Downey are very busy monetizing Christianity. tanyev 21 hrs ago #7

CincyDem

(7,236 posts)
2. I'm sure Burnett is a silent partner in every grift Trump runs.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:27 AM
Yesterday

He may not be pro-Trump but he’s pro-trump’s money.

flvegan

(65,300 posts)
3. Damaging? To whom? Lets face it
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:30 AM
Yesterday

I strongly doubt there's anything he could do or say on those tapes at this point that would cost him a single supporter.

Because it's a cult, and they're idiots. And he's fucking Satan.

Release the Epstein files.

Ritabert

(1,668 posts)
4. Burnett is the reason I don't watch "Survivor" or any other of his shows
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:31 AM
Yesterday

Of course "Survivor" jumped the shark years ago. And "Shark Tank" stinks due to Kevin O'Leary.

mopinko

(72,990 posts)
5. i remember 1st term rumors that burnett
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 11:41 AM
23 hrs ago

was the most hated man in malibu, cuz he cd have taken him down soooo easily.

tanyev

(47,886 posts)
7. Burnett and wife Roma Downey are very busy monetizing Christianity.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 12:54 PM
21 hrs ago

Releasing tapes that would harm Trump would alienate their target viewership. 😒


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