A source close to the project said the images captured both the former president and his daughter sitting down for interviews with Holder as he deepened Trump’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 presidential election and urged them to consider his behavior and legacy. former president. Alex Holder interviews President Trump. CBS News Alex Holder interviews Ivanka Trump. CBS News CBS News has confirmed that Holder’s upcoming series is based on at least 11 hours of live on-camera interviews with both the former president and his family, along with hours of footage taken at the Capitol during the January 6, 2021 attack. CBS News also learned, according to two former Trump 2020 campaign advisers, that the documentary shocked Trump’s close circle this week, as few outside the Trump family knew its breadth and high level of access to Holder. . , a British director who worked outside the official channels as he toured the family. Holder is scheduled to appear for private testimony before the committee on Thursday. Ivanka Trump actually appeared before the committee on January 6 in April for several hours and parts of her testimony were played during the committee hearings this month. In an excerpt, he said he respected Attorney General Bill Barr and “accepted what he said” that allegations of voter fraud were false. But according to the New York Times, Ivanka Trump told the film crew on December 10, 2020 that her father should “continue to fight until all legal remedies are exhausted” because there were questions about “the sanctity of our elections.” ». He made the remarks a few days after Barr publicly stated that there had been no widespread voter fraud. CBS News confirmed the Times account. The committee is holding its fifth recent public hearing on Thursday, which is expected to focus on Trump’s efforts to influence the Justice Department to help him overturn the election. Previous hearings have focused on Trump’s fake voter turnout plan and threats against state lawmakers and election officials, Trump’s campaign to pressure Pence to reject ballots, and Trump officials told the then-president that victory and promote false allegations that the election was stolen. Committee chairman Benny Thompson said Wednesday that two more hearings were likely to take place in July after receiving “additional information” from Holder, the documentary’s creator. Committee member Jamie Ruskin said Wednesday that while the committee wanted all the hearings in June, there was a “flood of new information since we started.” Caroline Linton, Ellis Kim and Rebecca Kaplan contributed to the report.
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Robert Costa is the Washington, DC-based chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News.
