Filmmaker Alex Holder: Trump considered the January 6 violence "unavoidable"

Filmmaker Alex Holder, who spent weeks filming the British documentary Trump campaign and interviewing President Trump and his family, culminated in violence on January 6, 2021. He said it was natural to reach it. Holder believes that the president saw it as "necessity." 

"I actually said the night before — I was just joking — and I said," The president tells everyone to march at the Capitol. intend". This was the eve of January 6th and we were prepared for that potential event, "he said. attack. 

Holder spoke to the Commission on Thursday for more than two hours. 

Holder said he was hoping that Trump would call on his supporters to march to the Capitol. It was very important to come out after the election. " 

" In the end, we had to end up with something violent, "Holder said. "Looking at the previous elections, the idea that elections would be irregular had already emerged at that time, so for me, January 6th is itself." 

Holder said, "I think the president saw it as inevitable. The people there were doing what he thought was right, fighting for elections and elections. Their votes counted. 

House Commission investigators have hours of footage from the upcoming three-part documentary series of filmmakers. Holder started shooting the series in September 2020. He interviewed Trump once before the riot and twice thereafter. In total, he said he has about 120 hours of footage of the campaign. 

"For the first time [spoken after January 6th], he was very frustrated, very depressed and frustrated. The second time in Bedminster, NJ. , He was certainly more cheerful and came across the content. " Holderstatedin the last two interviews with Trump. 

Through a hearing on January 6th of this month, investigators took testimony records of people close to Trump. Owner. 

In her testimony record, Ivanka Trump was asked about her reaction to Attorney General Bilber, who announced that fraudulent voting had never spread in the 2020 elections. 

"It influenced my point of view," she told the Commission. "I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying." 

But an interview with Holder, which was exclusively obtained by CBS News. With the clip, she struck another tone. 

"As the president said, every vote needs to be counted and heard," Ivanka Trump said. "And he campaigned for silence, and I really question the sacredness of our elections, feeling that many Americans are now very, very deprived of their rights. And I think it's not right ... and it's unacceptable. He has to fight this fight and he wants to make sure they can hear their voice and aren't muted. And will continue to fight until all legal remedies are exhausted, and that's what he should do. "

First reported the content of an interview with Ivan Katrump's film staffNew York According to the Times, the interview took place on December 10, 2020, a few days after the bar went public. She declared that she had no widespread scams. 

On Thursday, Holdermet with the House Committeein a closed room. After the meeting, holder lawyer Russell Smith said there was a "contradiction" in Ivanka Trump's remarks.

"That's why we're working with the Commission, and they can determine if there was perjury or something less," Smith said. Told to.