British documentary filmmaker Alex Holden documents Trump and his family in the months leading up to the Capitol uprising. Mr Holden revealed on Tuesday that his video had been requested by a House committee on January 6th. According to Politico, which reported the story for the first time, the summons is for his raw footage taken on Jan. 6, raw footage from interviews he had with former Vice President Mike Pence from September 2020 until today. , Donald Trump Jr.. Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Jared Kushner. He also called for raw material “for discussions on electoral fraud or electoral integrity around the 2020 presidential election.” The summons allegedly immobilized Trump’s former aides. “What is this;” A former top Trump 2020 official reportedly told Rolling Stone on Tuesday. According to Maggie Haberman of the New York Times, “a very small group of people were aware of this documentary, and many Trump advisers were surprised to see that it existed this morning … senior campaign officials were unaware of the work. according to a former official. ” Rolling Stone also reported that other senior officials had just learned of the documentary Tuesday morning as a result of Politico’s story. Mr Holder said he intended to co-operate fully with the selection committee. “When we started this project in September 2020, we could never have predicted that our project would one day be called by Congress,” he said. “As a British director, I had no agenda for that. We just wanted to better understand who Trump was and what motivated them to stay in power so desperately. We have conscientiously delivered all the materials the Commission requested and are working together fully.” According to Mr. Holden, the documentary – entitled Unprecedented – was purchased last year by a major streaming service and is set to be released as a 3-part series this summer. He noted in his statement that he was not being paid by Mr Trump, his family or his staff and that he retained full editorial control of the project. The hearing continued today, with the House Select Committee promoting evidence that Trump and his top officials tried to use an “alternate voter” plan to keep him in power.
