The trailer does not include additional footage of the interaction with Trump outside of it, who says “yes.” The trailer will be released by Discovery Plus, which is owned by CNN’s parent company, and is the first video of the documentary to be released to the public.
The interview was filmed by Alex Holder, a British documentary filmmaker summoned by the committee, who released harsh footage from interviews with Trump, members of the Trump family and former Vice President Mike Pence, according to a statement he released earlier this week.
The footage is a new development of the current investigation on January 6, 2021 and two criminal investigations related to Trump’s efforts to cancel the elections in 2020.
A Discovery spokesman confirmed to CNN’s Brian Stelter that the project was owned by the company.
Alex Holder’s “unprecedented” three-part documentary about the 2020 election will be released on Discovery + later this summer. “Including unprecedented footage of the Trump family on the campaign path and their reactions to the election result, the documentaries will offer intimate and unprecedented interviews with Trump, his family and others who have been to the White House,” the spokesman said in a statement.
Trump and his family – including daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, and two former senior advisers to Trump at the White House – spoke directly to the camera.
A short excerpt from Ivanka Trump’s interview was announced for the first time on Tuesday night.
Trump and his allies have not yet reacted publicly to news that Holder has been summoned by the commission, or to the revelation of what Ivanka Trump said in one of her interviews, which are now in the possession of the commission.
Holder is expected to appear behind closed doors for revelation in committee on Thursday, where he is likely to face questions about what he has observed for nearly six months when he had behind-the-scenes access to key Trump figures and even himself. former president.
He also has longer clips, parts of which are in the documentary and parts have been submitted to Congress.
In addition to the footage itself, Holder has anecdotes and stories from his time with the Trump team that have never been told and could shed new light on what is happening behind the scenes both before and after January 6, 2021.
The commission is reviewing the footage that Holder has already handed over, and commission chairman Benny Thompson, on Wednesday, described it as “important.”
Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, also said the committee delayed its hearing schedule after Thursday, in part because it needs to review all of the footage provided by Holder, as well as other evidence the committee continues to receive.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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