directly if jason greenblatt conducted any of the interviews. he said jason did not. he said holder did all the interviews. he said he actually took offense to calling it a puff piece. and he said that he was very direct with him about wanting to spend time and wanting to talk about the administration and the trump legacy. here s what he said. we also have been told by folks in the trump world that they had been told that this was a puff, puff, puff piece and they had nothing to worry about and they had complete editorial control over what went out. you have denied that, right? did they have complete editorial control or any editorial control over no, they did not. they have not even seen a single frame of the footage. where do you think that is coming from? i have no idea. did you sell this to them as a puff, puff, puff piece? absolutely not. do you wish you spoke more
filmmaker, i don t know if you saw the clip that he put out, that the trump s did not have editorial control, but it was a clip of donald trump arranging the way the interview looks. i think any of us, anyone who has interviewed donald trump has seen this. he produced his intellivision shots to the point where he is making his decision, the table next to me doesn t look right. should the water let s have a cap on it or not, i think that this goes to show you that throughout all of this, he is producing a show that is designed to convince enough americans to do, ultimately, what happened on january 6th. you know, i think we should not lose sight of the fact, jamie, i know you know this so well, liz cheney has not lost sight of the fact that he is going to try, probably, to do it again. and what they are doing is a tv show, right, designed to speak to people, to convince them that, that would be a really bad idea.
access to team trump and is now a key witness for the january 6th committee. so in those interviews, they did not have we also have been told by folks in the trump world that they had been told this was a puff, puff, puff piece and that they had nothing to worry about and that they had complete editorial control over what went out. you have denied that, right? did they have complete editorial control or any editorial control over what was to be aired? no. they have not even seen a single frame of the footage. where do you think that is coming from? i have no idea. did you sell this to them as a puff piece? absolutely not. do you wish you had pushed them more about january 6th? no because i think their silence speaks volumes. were you surprised they agreed to do this considering what was going on at the time? i think at the end of the day, when we started this process, here s a guy from britain who had been introduced to them, who doesn t have any sort of political
greenblatt was a backer, i did ask him directly if jason greenblatt conducted any of these interviews that he said jason did not. he also said that he did, alex holder did all of the interviews. now, he said, he took offense to calling it a puff piece and he said he was very direct with him about wanting to spend time and wanted to talk about the administrator in, and the trump legacy. we have also been told by folks in the trump world, that they had been told that this was a puff piece, and that they had nothing to worry about and that they had complete editorial control over what went out. you have denied that. right? did they have complete editorial control, or any editorial control? no. they have not seen a single frame of my footage. ready think that is coming from? i have no idea. did you sell this to them as i puff up puff piece?
members of the trump family, pitching this film to them, saying it would be a puff piece, that it would be favorable to the trump family. now, the sources we ve spoken with claimed they were assured they would have editorial control but the attorney for alex holder released a statement saying that no, that was not the case, that the trumps did not request and were not granted any editorial control over the series. to the contrary, alex holder said at the outset that he would have full editorial control. back to you. who s funding the documentary? this guy, jason greenblatt, was the one bringing this filmmaker into the trump orbit. i assume and holder s statement said, well, the trumps didn t have editorial control or have rights to it. who s paying for it? who s funding it? reporter: that is a really good question. we don t know. and i m trying to find out more about what the relationship is between jason greenblatt and this filmmaker. i ve reached out to jason greenblatt. i have