The interview was filmed by Alex Holder, a British documentary commissioned by the commission, who drew raw footage from his interviews with Trump, members of the Trump family and former Vice President Mike Pence, according to a statement released to the press. the week.
The video is a new development in the ongoing investigation of January 6, 2021 and two criminal investigations related to Trump’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.
A Discovery spokesman confirmed to CNN’s Brian Stelter that the project belonged to the company.
Alex Holder’s three-part documentary “Unprecedented” for the 2020 election will be released on Discovery + later this summer. “Unprecedented personal interviews with Trump, his family and others in the White House,” the spokesman said in a statement.
Trump and his family – including Ivanka Trump’s daughter and her husband Jared Kouchner, a former senior White House adviser – speak directly to the camera in the footage.
A short excerpt from Ivanka Trump’s interview was first mentioned on Tuesday night.
Trump and his allies have not yet reacted publicly to the news that Holder was summoned by the commission or to the revelation of what Ivanka Trump said in one of her interviews now held by the commission.
Holder is expected to appear in camera for a panel hearing Thursday, where he is likely to face questions about what he observed over the past six months, when he had behind-the-scenes access to key Trump figures and even the former himself. Chairman.
It also has bigger clips, parts of which are in the documentary and parts of which were given to Congress.
In addition to the material itself, Holder also has anecdotes and stories from his time with the Trump team that have never been told and could shed new light on what was going on behind the scenes both before and after January 6, 2021.
The committee is examining the material already held by Holder and committee chairman Bennie Thompson described it as “important” on Wednesday.
Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, also said the committee delayed the hearing schedule after Thursday, in part because it had to consider all the plans provided by Holder, as well as other information that the committee continues to receive.
This story has been updated with additional details.
