Actor and comedian Tom Arnold is challenging hackers to break into what he claims is an MGM Studios database that contains embarrassing footage from Donald Trump’s reality TV show, “The Apprentice.”
The IP address that Arnold listed in the tweet traces back to ADS Hollywood, a company that serves as a distribution hub for MGM. The studio owns the rights to “The Apprentice,” which Trump produced and starred in for 12 years.
In an interview earlier this month, Arnold claimed he possessed footage from the reality show in which Trump was heard making derogatory comments about blacks, women and even his own family.
“I have the outtakes to ‘The Apprentice’ where he says every bad thing ever, every offensive, racist thing ever. It was him sitting in that chair saying the N-word, saying the C-word, calling his son a retard, just being so mean to his own children,” Arnold said in the interview.
But Arnold has been cagey about releasing the footage. He has provided few details about how he came into possession of the tapes and why he is unable to release them. He has said that a confidentiality agreement is blocking their release. He has also claimed that the footage, while offensive, would not have prevented Trump from being elected president.
While it is unclear if Trump footage actually sits behind the IP address shared by Arnold, a prominent American hacker known as The Jester suggested that the database has security vulnerabilities.
The Jester, who has hacked WikiLeaks and the Russian government and is critical of Trump, asserted that because of the security deficiencies, Russian intelligence agencies have most likely infiltrated the MGM database.
Arnold, who is perhaps most famous for once being married to Roseanne Barr, also posted what he says is a portal to access Trump’s tax returns. But Arnold provided little information that could be used to unlock those documents. His tweet included only a screen shot of a login page on an unidentified WordPress website.