'They're in Kansas': Comedy legend gives inside scoop on location of tapes to hurt Trump

Tom Arnold has been claiming for years to know about recordings so shocking they could end President Donald Trump's political career, and he recently pinpointed their whereabouts.

The comedian and actor produced a show called "The Hunt for the Trump Tapes" back in 2018, early in the president's first term in office, about his search for the fabled recordings from "The Apprentice" reality TV show, and he spoke about them to journalist Brian Karem and attorney Mark Zaid on their "Just Ask The Press" podcast.

"Billy Bush was in the news, they were talking about the 'Access Hollywood' thing," Arnold said. "I've always liked Billy Bush, good guy, and he actually said something that got some play. There's a set of secret recordings that are everything bad Trump ever said on 'The Apprentice,' because they have to keep the outtakes because of a legal thing."

Bush was with Trump when was infamously bragging about sexually assaulting women by grabbing their genitals and getting away with the crime because he's a celebrity, but Arnold said his recollection of "The Apprentice" tapes was faulty.

"Well, here's the thing," Arnold said. "He said they're in Idaho, but they are not. They are in Kansas, outside of Hutchinson, Kansas, where MGM has their underground, salt mine vault, and there was a time when a guy, Bryan Fogel, who won the Oscar for 'Icarus,' the best documentary, 'Icarus,' about the Russian doping scandal. He's a buddy of mine, and we were talking about, well, how do you get in there and get those."

"We had a whole elaborate thing where I've met the forklift driver, I know a lot of people," Arnold said. "He thought I should be the one that goes in and gets those. They're not called cassettes, they way they store them on this digital – bring out one at a time, but if they put it there, until we get them out. It's like the guy who works at a car plant, steals one piece at a time and builds [a car over 20 years]. But that just seemed like it would be too time-consuming."