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Undated:  Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960)[3] is a British television producer who is the current Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group.[2]

He has personally won twelve Emmy Awards, five Producers Guild of America Awards, seven Critics' Choice Television Awards, and six People's Choice Awards.[4]

In 2004, NBC premiered The Apprentice, a reality television series in which contestants competed for a job under real estate magnate Donald Trump.[11] The Apprentice spawned numerous licensed international versions of the show.

Connection with President Trump

Burnett created an independent organization called "Inaugural Productions", which received $24 million from the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to stage several events for Donald Trump's Inauguration.[35] Burnett sought to keep his involvement with the inauguration private, so as not to appear as an "ally" to Trump.[35][36]

Omarosa Manigault, a former Apprentice contestant and White House aide claimed in her book "Unhinged," that Donald Trump is a “racist” who uses the “N-word.” Specifically, she alleges Trump used the N-word “multiple times” during the filming of The Apprentice. Tom Arnold, another former Apprentice contestant, hinted at something similar when he told Seattle radio station KIRO that there were outtakes of Trump saying “every bad thing ever, every offensive, racist thing ever.”[37] Omarosa suggested that Burnett and his production company were in the possession of a series of tapes that could damage the president.[2] On 13 August 2018, Trump tweeted a repudiation of her claim.[38][39]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Burnett

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October 11: The Man Behind the Tapes That Could Sink the Donald

Here’s why Mark Burnett won’t release the 'Apprentice' footage.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/donald-trump-mark-burnett-the-apprentice-2016-214349

October 12: Mark Burnett: ‘I Have Never Been a Supporter of Donald Trump’s Candidacy’
https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mark-burnett-donald-trump-statement-apprentice-1201887273/
 
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September 17: Tom Arnold files police report after fight with 'Apprentice' producer Mark Burnett at pre-Emmys party

Arnold is set to host and executive produce a new four-part Viceland series, "The Hunt for the Trump Tapes," launching Tuesday. The first episode centers on Burnett and "The Apprentice" as Arnold seeks outtakes from the reality series that President Donald Trump hosted. Arnold, ex-husband of presidential supporter Roseanne Barr, is on a quest to find more incriminating videos of the president. 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/09/17/apprentice-producer-mark-burnett-and-actor-tom-arnold-fought-pre-emmys-party/1333135002/

October 13: ‘Apprentice’ Producer Denounces Trump but Won’t Release Possibly Damning Tapes
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/business/media/mark-burnett-apprentice-donald-trump.html

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January 7: How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success

With “The Apprentice,” the TV producer mythologized Trump—then a floundering D-lister—as the ultimate titan, paving his way to the Presidency.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/how-mark-burnett-resurrected-donald-trump-as-an-icon-of-american-success

January 22: Burnett has boasted of being in business, or at least in business talks, with Putin’s circle.

In Tuesday’s much aggregated report, ABC News cites unnamed sources who claimed that nine days after Trump won the presidency, Burnett reached out to one of Trump’s closest advisers to see if he would sit down with a banker who has long held ties to Russia. ABC News reported that congressional investigators are looking into Robert Foresman, now deputy chairman of UBS Investment Bank.

With Burnett’s help, Foresman “found his way onto the daily calendar of Thomas Barrack,” who at the time was chairing what would become Trump’s inaugural fund, ABC News reported, citing internal emails. Burnett is the guy who was brought in to oversee entertainment for the inauguration festivities.

Foresman had lived for years in Moscow, where he led a $3 billion Russian investment fund; he had been touted as someone who maintains connections to Putin’s inner circle, the news division reported.

Foresman wound up not meeting Barrack, nor did he get the role he sought with the fledgling Trump administration, ABC News reported. All parties involved, including Burnett, declined comment to the news org.

Burnett, meanwhile, has not shied away from talking about his flights into Putin’s orbit.
https://deadline.com/2019/01/mark-burnett-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-banker-transition-abc-news-1202539349/

January 22: U.S. Banker With Putin Ties Reportedly Tapped Mark Burnett To Access Donald Trump Transition Team
https://deadline.com/2019/01/mark-burnett-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-banker-transition-abc-news-1202539349/

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January 22: ABC News reported that congressional investigators are looking into Robert Foresman, now deputy chairman of UBS Investment Bank.

With [Mark] Burnett’s help, Foresman “found his way onto the daily calendar of Thomas Barrack,” who at the time was chairing what would become Trump’s inaugural fund, ABC News reported, citing internal emails. Burnett is the guy who was brought in to oversee entertainment for the inauguration festivities.

Foresman had lived for years in Moscow, where he led a $3 billion Russian investment fund; he had been touted as someone who maintains connections to Putin’s inner circle, the news division reported.

Foresman wound up not meeting Barrack, nor did he get the role he sought with the fledgling Trump administration, ABC News reported. All parties involved, including Burnett, declined comment to the news org.

Burnett, meanwhile, has not shied away from talking about his flights into Putin’s orbit.
https://deadline.com/2019/01/mark-burnett-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-banker-transition-abc-news-1202539349/

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