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SCOOP: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas unseen Trump tapes
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/06/21/scoop-jan-6-panel-subpoenas-unseen-trump-tapes-00040911?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f107-dd93-ad7f-f907941b0000&nlid=630318SCOOP: The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 sent a subpoena last week to ALEX HOLDER, a documentary filmmaker who was granted extensive access to President DONALD TRUMP and his inner circle, and who shot interviews with the then-president both before and after Jan. 6. The existence of this footage is previously unreported.
A source familiar with the project told Playbook on Monday night that Holder began filming on the campaign trail in September 2020 for a project on Trump’s reelection campaign. Over the course of several months, Holder had substantial access to Trump, Trump’s adult children and VP MIKE PENCE, both in the White House and on the campaign trail.
According to the subpoena, which was obtained exclusively by Playbook, the committee wants three main things from Holder:
(1) Raw footage from Jan. 6.
(2) Raw footage of interviews from September 2020 to present with Trump, Pence, DONALD TRUMP JR., IVANKA TRUMP, ERIC TRUMP and JARED KUSHNER.
(3) Raw footage “pertaining to discussions of election fraud or election integrity surrounding the November 2020 presidential election.”
Holder is expected to fully cooperate with the committee in an interview scheduled for Thursday. Read the full subpoena
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‘What the F-ck Is This?’: Team Trump Blindsided by Jan. 6 Committee Getting Doc Footage
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-holder-jan-6-committee-subpoena-1371644/
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In some of the highest ranks of the Trumpworld diaspora — including among several who testified before the Jan. 6 committee — news of the documentarian cooperating with the congressional panel (and also potentially having reams of behind-the-scenes footage of Trump’s crusade to nullify the 2020 election) came as a bizarre surprise. “What the fuck is this?” a former top Trump 2020 official messaged Rolling Stone on Tuesday after seeing the Politico item.
Another former senior official on the reelection team insisted that the first time several members of the Trump campaign leadership even heard of the documentary was when Politico reported the committee had subpoenaed the Holder. A third ex-official simply said, “Terrible idea,” and pleaded baffled ignorance to the doc project.
Two former senior Trump administration officials, who were still working in the administration after the Jan. 6 riot, also claimed that they each had no idea the documentary was being shot in that timeframe, reportedly intimate access to Trump, his vice president, his family members, and his White House.
In other words: many of the people actually running Trump’s reelection operation are now saying they somehow had zero clue that an entire documentary was being filmed largely about Trump and his reelection campaign. And now the fruits of that doc are being mined for evidence by the congressional committee investigating Trump and his multi-pronged efforts to shred the American democratic order.
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This is news to me... I can't wait to see/hear more... I like it 
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emptywheel
@emptywheel
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Jun 21, 2022
Holder's explanation that he "did not previously have the legal authority to release" his video is of interest, particularly in conjunction with a detail from his subpoena.
Alex Holder
@alexjholder
My statement in response to being subpoenaed by Congress:
emptywheel
@emptywheel
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Jan6 gave him a subpoena with a production date of the next day. That only happens if the subpoena is not a surprise. And since it involves a journalist, it's likely this was a friendly subpoena.
https://politico.com/f/?id=00000181-8458-de12-add1-bc5824520000…
emptywheel
@emptywheel
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Jun 21, 2022
Holder's explanation that he "did not previously have the legal authority to release" his video is of interest, particularly in conjunction with a detail from his subpoena.
Alex Holder
@alexjholder
My statement in response to being subpoenaed by Congress:
emptywheel
@emptywheel
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Jan6 gave him a subpoena with a production date of the next day. That only happens if the subpoena is not a surprise. And since it involves a journalist, it's likely this was a friendly subpoena.
https://politico.com/f/?id=00000181-8458-de12-add1-bc5824520000…
So... Not only did the PB's/OK's have a documentarian on hand but... TFG did as well... Holy shit 
And suspense only to be let down. Let it be true finally to lock up the Orange Faced Orangutan no offense to Orangutans who are beautiful, majestic Animals. 
