Will “The Apprentice” Come Back to Haunt President Trump?

NBC News reports that lawyers suing President Donald Trump over his decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans, Haitians, and Hondurans are seeking unaired footage from the reality television show “The Apprentice” to try to bolster their case alleging the move was racially motivated.

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights has issued subpoenas to MGM Holdings Inc. and Trump Productions LLC demanding any footage shot during the production of the show in which Trump “uses racial and/or ethnic slurs” or “makes remarks concerning race, nationality and/or ethnic background.”

Former White House staffer and fellow reality-TV star Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed in a book released in August, “Unhinged,” that a tape exists of the president using the N-word on the reality show’s set.

The case filed in federal court centers on the Trump administration’s decision to end TPS for thousands of noncitizens from Haiti, El Salvador and Honduras.  The lawsuit alleges that President Trump’s move to rescind the program was rooted in racial animus, citing comments that he made on the campaign trial and in office.

KJ