The House of Representatives Commission of Inquiry into the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol is stepping up its investigation this week as new evidence emerges, including dozens of hours of footage from director Alex Holder’s upcoming three-part documentary series. from which CBS News received two images, including a still image of the interviewed former President Donald Trump and another of his eldest daughter Ivanka Trump.
A person close to the project said the images captured both the former president and his daughter sitting for interviews with Holder as he deepened Trump’s efforts to cancel the 2020 presidential election and asked them to reflect on the behavior. and the legacy of the former president.
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CBS News has confirmed that Holder’s upcoming series is based on at least 11 hours of live camera interviews with both the former president and his family, along with hours of footage taken in the Capitol during the January 6, 2021 attack. d.
CBS News also learned, according to two former Trump 2020 advisers, that the documentary shook Trump’s inner circle this week because few people outside the Trump family were aware of his reach and the high level of access granted to Holder. a British director who worked outside the official channels while filming the family.
Holder is scheduled to appear in private before the commission on Thursday.
Ivanka Trump appeared virtually before the commission on January 6 in April for several hours and parts of her testimony were released during the commission’s hearings this month. In a video, she said she respected Attorney General Bill Barr and “accepted what he said” that allegations of voter fraud were untrue.
But according to The New York Times, Ivanka Trump told the film crew on December 10, 2020, that her father must “continue to fight until all legal remedies are exhausted” because there are questions about “holiness.” in our elections. ” She made the comments days after Bar publicly announced that there was no widespread voter fraud. CBS News confirmed the Times account.
The commission 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 cancel the election.
Previous hearings have focused on Trump’s fraudulent voter scheme and threats against state lawmakers and election officials, Trump’s campaign to pressure Pence to reject electoral votes, and Trump officials who told the then president that it was too much. to declare victory early and to make false allegations that the election was stolen.
Commission chairman Benny Thompson said Wednesday that two more hearings are likely to take place in July after receiving “additional information” from Holder, the documentary director.
Commissioner Jamie Ruskin said on Wednesday that although the committee has wanted to have all the hearings in June since we started, there is a “flood of new evidence”.
Caroline Linton, Ellis Kim and Rebecca Kaplan contributed to the reports.
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Robert Costa is CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent based in Washington, DC
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