Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of former President Donald J. Trump, told a documentary film crew in mid-December 2020 that her father should “keep fighting until all legal remedies are exhausted” because the people questioned “the sanctity of our election.” . ”
The video, which was played for The New York Times by someone with access to it, was part of a treasure trove that filmmaker Alex Holder handed over to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 riot in Chapters. He recorded several hours of interviews with Mr. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, some of Mr. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. It is expected that Mr. Holder will be interviewed by the committee on Thursday.
Not even Mr. Neither Holder nor the committee have disclosed the content of all the videos, nor has it commented on whether it provides substantial new information about Mr. Holder’s efforts. Trump to reverse his election loss.
But the small part that The Times saw was astonishing as it shows that Mrs. Trump uses a different tone to describe her father’s efforts to nullify the outcome of what she did in the part of her statement to the committee. the House has been made public. Bye now.
The interview for the documentary took place on December 10, 2020, said the person with access to the video. It was nine days after a public statement by Attorney General William P. Barr, who stated at the time that there was no widespread fraud affecting the election result, a rare public disapproval of Mr. Trump at the time.
The issues of the hearings of the House Committee on January 6
In her recorded interview with the House committee, Ms. Trump said Mr. Barr “affected my perspective.”
“I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he said,” he said. The committee may post an additional video of its recorded testimony.
People close to Mrs. Trump have insisted that she had distanced herself from what was going on around her father at the time. These people have said that after calling the race for Joseph R. Biden Jr., Mrs. Trump began to focus on finishing his office and looking at a new life in Miami.
However, in the video with the filmmaker, Ms. Trump, who describes her father’s voting gains among key demographic groups, had a different reaction when asked if she had an “opinion” on the “very clear position.” of his father on the results and what is happening “. . ”
“I think, as the president said, every vote has to be counted and listened to, and he campaigned for the voiceless,” Ms. Trump said. “And I think a lot of Americans feel very, very disenfranchised right now, and they really question the sanctity of our election, and that’s not right, it’s not acceptable.”
She continued: “And he has to take on this fight. Look, you fight for what you love the most and he loves this country and he loves the people of this country, and he wants to make sure that his voice is, is heard and don’t turn it off. “
He said “he will continue to fight until all legal remedies are exhausted and that is what he should do.”
An aide to Mrs. Trump did not respond to a message about the new video.
The filmmaker was connected with Mr. Kushner by Jason Greenblatt, a former Trump lawyer and later White House envoy to the Middle East. The film was conceived as a legacy project for Mr. Trump, according to two people known with how he arose.