Jan. 6 Committee Zeroes In On Calls By Trump’s Spawn

The Guardian reports:

The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is closely focused on phone calls and conversations among Donald Trump’s children and top aides captured by a documentary film-maker weeks before the 2020 election, say sources familiar with the matter.

The calls among Trump’s children and top aides took place at an invitation-only event at the Trump International hotel in Washington that took place the night of the first presidential debate on 29 September 2020, the sources said.

The select committee is interested in the calls, the sources said, since the footage is understood to show the former president’s children, including Donald Jr and Eric Trump, privately discussing strategies about the election at a crucial time in the presidential campaign.

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SCOOP: Jan. 6 committee zeroes in phone calls and conversations among Trump’s children and top aides strategizing about the 2020 election the night of the first debate — all captured on camera by documentary filmmaker Alex Holder. @GuardianUS https://t.co/PJjYPRfIvr

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