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filmmaker alex holder including never before seen footage of donald trump and his family during the final weeks of the election and after, intimate interviews and their reaction to his election loss. take a look at this. ♪ >> okay. >> my father, hes very honest, and he is who he is. >> he believes everything that hes doing is right. >> i think i treat people well unless they dont treat me well, in which case you go to war. >> so, again, that is exclusive footage and were going to tal...

examining right now -- the january 6th committee i should say is examining the footage from that documentary right now. its a three part series by filmmaker alex holder including never before seen footage of donald trump and his family during the final weeks of the election and after, intimate interviews and their reaction to his election loss. take a look at this. ♪ >> okay. >> my father, hes very honest, and he is who he is. >> he believes everything that hes doing is right. >> i t...

Is worse than nixon. a lot of people have been waiting for, you know, this john dean moment, right, in these january 6th hearings. that john dean moment happened during water dpat. they want a moment that will fundamentally influence how americans understand what will really happen. have we heard that yet, or you think were going to hear it? >> i dont know someone will come forward. it may happen in bits and pieces. some of these lawyers on the counsel staff may come forward and do the right thi...

This whole thing is so much more massive than watergate, its hard to fathom. >> you just took one of my questions. i was going to say that carl bernstein said this is actually what trump is accused of doing is worse than nixon. a lot of people have been waiting for, you know, this john dean moment, right, in these january 6th hearings. that john dean moment happened during watergate. they want a moment that will fundamentally influence how americans understand what will really happen. have we he...

Communications that he admits are not privileged. he has not claimed and does not have any privilege basis to refuse entirely to testify regarding the topics. let mow give just three examples. first, president trumps failure to stop the violence. on january 6th, our capitol building was attacked and invaded. the mob was summoned to washington by president trump. and as many of those involved have admitted, on videotape, in social media, and in federal district court, they were provoked to violen...

Necessary to inform our legislative judgments yet hes refused to give any testimony at all. even regarding non-privileged topics. hes in contempt of congress. mr. meadows also has knowledge regarding president trumps efforts to persuade state officials to alter their official election results. in georgia for instance, mr. meadows participated on a phone call between president trump and georgia secretary of state raffensperger. meadows was on the phone when president trump asked the secretary of ...

We dont take it lightly, we hoped we would not have to be here at all. as the chairman noted, weve engaged in weeks and weeks of discussions with mr. counsel. we worked diligently to reach an agreement on cooperation. we scheduled a deposition at a time and day of mr. meadows choosing. shortly before the deposition was to occur, mr. meadows walked away from his commitment to appear and hehe informed us he would no longer cooperate. we think mr. meadows is improperly asserting executive and other...

Tonight was read out loud some of the text messages that mark meadows, trumps white house chief of staff, received. while the u.s. capitol was upped upped -- under attack on january 6th. these are texts she says are evidence the white house knew exactly what was going on in real time at the u.s. capitol on the 6th. listen to this. this is pretty stunning stuff. >> this vote on contempt today relates principally to mr. meadows refusal to testify about text messages and other communications that h...

In georgia, mr. meadows participated in a phone call between president trump and georgias secretary of state, raffensperger. he was on the phone when president trump asked the secretary of state to, quote, find 11,780 votes, to change the results of the election in georgia. at the time of the call, mr. meadows, according to texts he has turned over, appears to have been texting at least one other participant on the call. again, mr. meadows has no conceivable privilege basis to refuse to testify ...

Texting with another participant on this call. mr. meadows has no conceivable privilege basis to refuse to testify on this topic. he is in contempt of congress. third, in the weeks before january 6th, president trumps appointees at the justice department informed him repeatedly that the presidents claims of election fraud were not supported by the evidence. and that the election was not, in fact, stolen. president trump intended to appoint jeffrey clark as attorney general. in part so that mr. c...