Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of former President Donald J. Trump told the documentary crew in mid-December 2020 that her father must “continue to fight until all remedies are exhausted” because people question “the sanctity of our election.”
The video, released for The New York Times by someone with access to it, was part of a treasure trove that director Alex Holder handed over to the House of Representatives selection committee investigating the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. He recorded several hours interviews with Mr. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, some of Mr. Trump’s older children and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. Mr Holder is expected to be interviewed by the committee on Thursday.
Neither Mr. Holder nor the committee disclosed the contents of the full set of videos, nor did they comment on whether it provided significant new information about Mr. Trump’s efforts to reverse his election loss.
But the small part of it, seen by The Times, was striking in that it shows that Ms. Trump uses a different tone in describing her father’s efforts to undo the result than she did in part of her speech to the House committee. was made public. so far.
The interview for the documentary was conducted on December 10, 2020, said the man with access to the video. This was nine days after a public statement by Attorney General William P. Barr, who said at the time that there was no widespread fraud to affect the outcome of the election, a rare public rebuke to Mr Trump’s allegations at the time. .
The topics of the hearings of the committee of the House of Representatives on January 6
In a recorded interview with the House of Representatives committee, Ms Trump said Mr Bar’s comments “touched on my point of view”.
“I respect Attorney General Bar, so I accepted what he said,” she said. The Commission may release an additional video of its recorded testimony.
People close to Ms. Trump insist that she distanced herself from what was happening around her father at the time. These people said that after the race was called for Joseph R. Biden Jr., Ms. Trump began to focus on closing her office and looking for a new life in Miami.
However, in the video with the director, Ms. Trump, who described her father’s gains in votes among key demographic groups, reacted differently when asked if she had “taken” her father’s “very clear position on the results” and what was happening. is happening ”
“I think, as the president said, every vote must be counted and heard, and he is campaigning for the voiceless,” she said. “And I think a lot of Americans feel very, very disenfranchised right now and they’re really questioning the sanctity of our election, and that’s not right, it’s not acceptable.
She continued: “And he must take this battle. Look, you are fighting for what you love the most, and he loves this country, he loves the people in this country, and he wants to make sure that their voice is heard and not muffled. ”
She said he “will continue to fight until all legal remedies are exhausted and he must do so.”
Ms. Trump’s aide did not respond to a message about the new video.
The director was linked to Mr Kushner by Jason Greenblatt, a former lawyer for the Trump Organization and later a White House envoy to the Middle East. The film is intended as a legacy project for Mr. Trump, according to two people familiar with the way it came about.
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