British documentary filmmaker Alex Holder described to Insider his interactions with the Trump family. She described seeing how the family reacted when Trump lost and then tried to overturn the 2020 election. Some of them were very “bitter,” while others didn’t want to talk about it, Holder said.
Former President Donald Trump’s children were torn between denial and anger after his 2020 presidential election loss, a British filmmaker with access to the family told Insider. Alex Holder spent weeks filming the Trump campaign and interviewing the former president and members of his family as part of an undercover project documenting the 2020 election and its aftermath. His work was revealed during the Jan. 6 committee hearings after the committee received his material into evidence. Holder in an interview Tuesday with Insider described seeing a “mix” of reactions among Trump’s three oldest children: Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. “There was an attitude that one of them would give that was kind of incredibly bitter and angry about the end result,” Holder told Insider. “And then there were the other kids who were in complete denial and didn’t even want to mention or discuss or deal with anything that had to do with the fact that they were no longer in the White House and the debacle that had happened earlier.” Holder did not say which children he meant by each description. But his descriptions fit with widespread reports of the Trump children in the wake of the election. Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Eric Trump (R).Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Trump’s two oldest sons, Don Jr. and Eric, have vocally supported their father in his baseless claims that the election was rigged. In a series of text messages, first reported by CNN, Don Jr. encouraged former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to pursue “multiple avenues” to overturn his father’s election loss. In a separate interview with The Independent, Holder said Eric was not worried about potential violence from Trump supporters reacting to false allegations of voter fraud. The story continues In contrast, Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have remained silent in the final weeks of Trump’s presidency, slowly drifting away from the administration, according to the New York Times. Ivanka’s stance on the election was again called into question when footage from Holder’s documentary, seen by The New York Times last month, showed Trump’s eldest daughter saying her father should continue his challenges to the election results. until all legal remedies are exhausted. “ That video was taken in December 2020, the Times reported. Her comments contrasted with testimony she gave to the committee on Jan. 6 last month, in which she said she “accepted” the election results after former attorney general William Barr said there was no voter fraud. Holder found himself at the center of an unlikely political firestorm after it was revealed that his video was subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack. He has already testified before the committee in private. The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. Holder’s documentary is set to air in its entirety on the Discovery+ streaming service on July 10. Read the original article on Business Insider
