On Monday night's "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, former "Apprentice" star and former White House aid, Omarosa Manigault-Newman, claims to have heard audio recordings of Donald Trump using a racial slur on the set of "The Apprentice."

She said former "Apprentice" producer Bill Pruitt has also heard the recording. The Huffington Post went a step further Monday night in a published report, stating that Pruitt, according to Manigault-Newman, is in possession of those recordings.

When reached exclusively on Monday night by FOX 11 anchor Laura Diaz, Pruitt said ...." I don't have the tapes." When Diaz pressed as to whether he would confirm that he at least heard the tape....

Pruitt said ..." that he would not be commenting as to whether he heard them."

In earlier tweets, Pruitt has strongly intimated that Donald Trump used offensive language on the set of "The Apprentice." After the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape was released, Pruitt tweeted " As a producer on seasons 1 and 2 of ( The Apprentice) I assure you: when it comes to the Trump Tapes there are far worse."