Trump's allies were assured editorial input before filmmaker was subpoenaed

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Kaitlan Collins
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Jun 23, 2022
Several Trump allies who sat for interviews with a British filmmaker were assured they had editorial input over the final product. But 17 months later, the footage has been turned over to the Jan. 6 committee.

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Trump's allies were assured editorial input before filmmaker was subpoenaed
Several of Donald Trump's closest allies sat for interviews during his final weeks in office with a British filmmaker after being assured they had editorial input over the final product, according to...

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Multiple people were told it was focused on Trump's legacy and would be a flattering portrayal, which could explain why Pence sat down with them six days after Jan. 6. It was all arranged by Jason Greenblatt, Trump's former Middle East peace envoy.

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Trump's allies were assured editorial input before filmmaker was subpoenaed
Several of Donald Trump's closest allies sat for interviews during his final weeks in office with a British filmmaker after being assured they had editorial input over the final product, according to...
10:35 AM · Jun 23, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/politics/trump-allies-filmmaker-subpoena/index.html

(CNN)Several of Donald Trump's closest allies sat for interviews during his final weeks in office with a British filmmaker after being assured they had editorial input over the final product, according to two people familiar with the situation.

Multiple people were told it was focused on Trump's legacy and would be a flattering portrayal.
But 17 months later, that filmmaker, Alex Holder, has been subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection, and turned over hours of his footage. That has made some in the former President's orbit nervous, they told CNN, mainly because several don't recall the full extent of their comments.

Holder's "Unprecedented" three-part docuseries about the 2020 election will be released on Discovery Plus, which is owned by CNN's parent company, later this summer. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage of the Trump family on the campaign trail and their reactions to the outcome of the election.

Several of the interviews, including with Ivanka Trump, were conducted after Trump had lost the election, but as he was still contesting it. Most of Ivanka Trump's interview focused on her relationship with her father, in addition to a public comment about the ongoing legal challenges over the election. Others, including Jared Kushner and then-Vice President Mike Pence, also sat down for interviews. Donald Trump Jr. sat down for an hour with Holder about three weeks before the election, another source said. They attempted to interview Donald Trump Jr. again but ultimately never did.

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[getagrip_already]

1. editorial input applies to the finished product......

What the crew provided the house was raw footage and testimony over how it was captured.

It doesn't matter what the contract says, once a subpoena was issued, it superseded it. Which is likely why they told the committee they needed one.

[blogslug]

9. Also, Holder couldn't release the footage until the sale of the doc to Discovery+ was completed

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Alex Holder @alexjholder

My statement in response to being subpoenaed by Congress:

So, the documentary is still going to air this summer. I wonder if that whole editorial approval thing still holds or if it all went poof.

[mobeau69]

2. The traitors that couldn't shoot straight. Bahahahaha!

Oops, they fucked up (again).

[EarlG]

3. This is so great

The fact that Trump & Co. were promised editorial input means that they were most certainly expecting this documentary to be a puff piece -- they obviously wanted to create a fawning portrait of Trump's "legacy."

But of course in order to do that, the filmmaker needs to whittle down the raw footage through a long editing process that cuts out all the crap and only leaves in the parts they want to leave in.

Trump & Co. didn't expect that the raw footage would ever see the light of day -- and now it is.

Get yer popcorn ready!

[Nevilledog]

4. You can share mine.... Bought tons at Costco.

[gratuitous]

5. They'd sit for interviews for this documentary hagiography

But they wouldn't respond to subpoenas from the committee, or they relentlessly invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid incriminating themselves while under oath.

[wryter2000]

13. It's not illegal to lie to a filmmaker

It is illegal to lie under oath.

[Kid Berwyn]

6. Well, that's tough.

Really is, for traitors.

[djtexas]

7. Ultimate Irony

Wouldn't it be ironic, and hysterical, if Trump's desperate need for publicity and attention is the thing that brings him down.

[wryter2000]

14. Welcome to DU

[irisblue]

8. Leni Riefenstahl want to be.

[FelineOverlord]

10. Not according to the filmmaker

Is Trump LYING?

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[Nevilledog]

11. Bwahahaha!

[wryter2000]

15. The article says his allies

Not Trump or his family.

[usonian]

12. Does "editorial input" mean repeatedly editing out the F word?

Asking for a prudish friend.

[Rhiannon12866]

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