I wonder if that wasn't a reward - or blackmail - for keeping the old "Apprentice" videotapes under wraps?

Definitely a taxpayer-funded payoff to keep the tapes hidden.

But, there might be other objectives. A twofer. While the cat's away, steal his tapes.

He's the definition of smarmy.

... including clips of Chump at his absolute worst. (Being awful towards women and minorities.)

My guess is that Mark Burnett destroyed those tapes long ago, maybe even before Chump ran in 2016. If those tapes still existed, I'm sure they would have been leaked already. It's enough that many people witnessed Chump saying those things, and we'll just have to accept that nobody can prove it one way of the other.

nt

earthly rewards.