Discovery+ Behind Mystery Donald Trump Docuseries That’s A Reason The January 6th Committee Will Extend Hearings Into July

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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the January 6th Committee, said on Wednesday that the hearing schedule will continue into July.A reason: Newly obtained evidence, including footage from British filmmaker Alex Holder, who is scheduled to speak to the committee on Thursday.

Per Politico, Thompson called the footage he had seen “important,” but declined to elaborate.Deadline can reveal that the three-part series – Unprecedented – has been bought by Discovery+.Holder said in a statement this week that the footage is of the final six weeks of President Trump’s re-election campaign as well as never-before-seen footage of the January 6th attack at the U.S.

Capitol.” The series includes interviews with Trump, his daughter Ivanka, sons Eric and Don Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner as well as Vice President Mike Pence.

Holder said that he and his team are “fully cooperating” with the subpoena.It had previously been unclear which streaming service had bought the rights to it.What is certainly a bit of a puzzle, though, is just what is in the documentary and how Holder got access to Trump and his inner circle.Some members of the Trump campaign were in the dark that the project even existed and seemed surprised when its existence surfaced.