This is just another example of how politics has infected almost every aspect of our lives these days -- even celeb-studded Emmys parties end up being about President Donald Trump!

Tom Arnold -- ex-husband of Roseanne Barr and host of the Viceland show The Hunt for the Trump Tapes that premieres tomorrow and will document Arnold's efforts to find Apprentice behind-the-scenes tapes that expose Trump's bigoted views during filming of the show.

Of course Burnett and Trump are BFFs and the Survivor creator/producer has refused repeated calls for him to release the tapes. So Tom Arnold's going after them himself ...

So Sunday night a the Evening Before Emmy party, a fundraiser for the Motion Picture Television Fund, Burnett "attacked" Arnold and Burnett's wife Touched By An Angel actress Roma Downey tried to grab a cell phone out of Burnett's hand. Here's what Arnold Tweeted after the incident ...


This is CRAZY! Arnold's attorney Martin Singer has confirmed this account of the incident and apparently Arnold is considering filing a defamation suit against Downey, as he says in his Tweet.

Here's what Arnold's looking for ... various reports claim Trump used the N-word on the set of the Apprentice, including an account by former White House staffer and Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault. Trump has denied using the word.

Meanwhile, Arnold reportedly told bystanders during last night's brawl that tapes HAVE been found and turned over the New Yorker journalist Ronan Farrow, the leading reporter of the news related to the #MeToo movement and a character who'll figure heavily in our next post ... Stay tuned!