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The trailer provides the first glimpse of the breadth of Alex Holder's access to the Trump family. | Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images | | | | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Playbook has obtained a trailer for ALEX HOLDER's "Unprecedented," the British filmmaker's upcoming Discovery+ docuseries about the Trump family. The two-minute-plus trailer, which you can watch here, was included among the hours of footage that Holder turned over to the House Jan. 6 committee under subpoena. (Holder gave testimony to the committee behind closed doors on June 23.) The new video highlights Holder's unique access to the former president and his family, and includes unseen footage of DONALD TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP JR., ERIC TRUMP, IVANKA TRUMP and JARED KUSHNER, each of whom is shown in outtakes from their sitdown interviews. Clips of interviews with Eric and Ivanka have been described in the press, and outtakes from Holder's interviews with Trump and former VP MIKE PENCE have become public. But the trailer provides the first glimpse of the breadth of Holder's access to the Trump family. — Ivanka frets about a line on her dress, and jokes about covering it with a pet roaming about. "Can I borrow your dog?" she asks her makeup artist. — Jared nervously repositions his tie and asks, "Is that okay?" — Don Jr., seen at a rally, screams, "We will make liberals cry again!" — Eric is caught on a phone call, mysteriously saying, "For the sake of this country, we're going to get these guys." The quick cuts are set to Vivaldi and interspersed with a series of text-only shots explaining the movie: "Witness the 3-part documentary event … With exclusive access … To the most controversial family in the world … Gaining power is easy … Surrendering it is not." It all builds to Jan. 6, when the Vivaldi suddenly stops and a wide shot of Trump at the "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington appears. "Let's all walk down Pennsylvania Avenue," he tells the crowd. Then Holder's cameraman joined the crowd as it marched on the Capitol. "We've got to get the roaches out, all of them," a protester yells straight to the camera as he appears to motion toward Congress. Next up is a montage of scenes from the front lines as the rioters breach the Capitol and police in riot gear are attacked. As the Vivaldi fades and the series' title appears, Trump's faint voice can be heard from the distance: "Do you miss me yet?" — Related listen: Our recent interview with Holder on Playbook Deep Dive — Related read: "Jan. 6 Hearings to Examine Role Extremist Groups, White House Played in Capitol Attack," by WSJ's Scott Patterson
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Learn how Meta is helping build the metaverse. | | | TRUMP'S LEGAL BRIGADE — In the process of aiding in Trump's effort to subvert the 2020 election, RUDY GIULIANI and SIDNEY POWELL "brought together a pool of attorneys who were willing to push Trump's lies into court," Heidi Przybyla writes in a special report for POLITICO this morning — and at least 16 of them are still in good standing or have faced no discipline. Far from facing consequences, these attorneys have instead represented Jan. 6 defendants, ongoing efforts to cast baseless doubts on elections and the like — using the fact they "helped legitimize the former president's lies … as a foundation to build their legal practices," Przybyla writes. "Now … many legal experts consider this network of attorneys a risk to future orderly elections administration and argue monetary penalties are an insufficient deterrent" — some are campaigning for disbarment. Good Tuesday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza. JULY FOURTH TRAGEDY — An Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Ill., became the latest site of a deadly mass shooting in America on Monday, when a gunman killed six people and injured dozens more. — "The high school marching band's members sprinted for their lives, still carrying their flutes and saxophones. Bystanders scooped up young children and fled," The Chicago Tribune reports in its ledeall. "The victims ranged in age from 8 to 85. … For hours after the attack, officers searched building by building near the parade route, which was littered with belongings abandoned in the chaos: A double stroller. Balloons. Bikes. Pacifiers. Sandals. A hat printed with stars and stripes." The Trib's front page — LYNN SWEET, the longtime Chicago Sun-Times columnist and Washington bureau chief, was at the parade when it all happened, and reported from the aftermath. Her paper's dispatch tells of a 39-year-old father who hid his 5-year-old son in a garbage dumpster for safety. "It shouldn't happen anywhere," the man said. — The 22-year-old man arrested by police "left a long trail of tributes to mass shootings and public killings on social media platforms, according to numerous profiles that appear to belong to him," report NBC's Ben Collins and Safia Samee Ali. — The shooting "rattled Monday's celebrations across the U.S. and further rocked a country already awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns as well as hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection," per the AP. "The latest mass shooting came as the nation tried to find cause to celebrate its founding and the bonds that still hold it together." — Illinois Gov. J.B. PRITZKER: "If you're angry today, I'm here to tell you: Be angry. I'm furious." More from ABC 7
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Fireworks burst on the National Mall during Independence Day celebrations in Washington on Monday, July 4. | J. David Ake/AP Photo | | | PLAYBOOK READS | | CONGRESS 2023 DREAMING — How will the House GOP manage to govern if it takes over the chamber next year? Jordain Carney has an interesting rundown of the Republican dealmakers who could emerge from one of two main factions: either the diminishing group of moderates, or a set of conservatives who could seek bipartisan collaboration on niche policy areas. Centrists like BRIAN FITZPATRICK (Pa.) and DON BACON (Neb.) see the bipartisan infrastructure law as a clear blueprint. On another track, KELLY ARMSTRONG (N.D.) has his eye on bipartisanship in targeted criminal justice reforms, as do PATRICK MCHENRY (N.C.) on small businesses and BUDDY CARTER (Ga.) on drug pricing. But not everybody thinks it will be possible … Rep. JIM JORDAN (Ohio): "Frankly, when it comes to policy, tell me what the Biden White House is going to work with us on. There's nothing we agree with them on." BIPARTISANSHIP BURST — One of the only places congressional Democrats and Republicans can really get to know each other is on a CODEL (congressional delegation), a trip abroad by a group of legislators. In fact, that's how the seeds of the recent bipartisan gun bill were planted when Sens. CHRIS MURPHY (D-Conn.) and THOM TILLIS (R-N.C.) got to know each other in the Balkans in April, Andrew Desiderio reports. Andrew got a rare window into a CODEL in Madrid last week, where he saw firsthand how the travel offers a vanishingly rare opportunity for lawmakers to spend concentrated time with each other across party lines — and helps beat back polarization. Sen. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-N.H.), whom Andrew calls "a fixture of the modern CODEL": "We get to know each other in ways that we don't often have time to do when we're actually in the Senate and learn to trust each other." ALL POLITICS YOUNG DEMS IN DISARRAY — Some Democrats are warning that young voters may lose faith in the party if it can't mount an aggressive and effective response on the rollback of abortion rights, part of a broader generational divide over urgency and tactics, Elena Schneider reports this morning. Elena describes an interesting split over how Dems should act: Some strategists say leaders need to show young voters real results, not just a fighting spirit. But others argue that Biden endorsing a filibuster carveout on abortion is the "kind of 'political theater' [that] voters, especially Gen Z, need to see to 'value signal' that they're 'willing to fight for them,' said TERRANCE WOODBURY, a Democratic pollster." JUDICIARY SQUARE ANOTHER BIG DECISION FOR GARLAND — A.G. MERRICK GARLAND's Justice Department has to decide whether to seek the death penalty for the white supremacist accused of killing 10 people in Buffalo — a call fraught with racial, moral and policy considerations, WaPo's David Nakamura reports . Some victims' families told him they'd support a capital punishment prosecution, but civil rights advocates who oppose the death penalty — in part due to its disproportionate impact on Black people — still oppose it here. "Experts said Garland's decision in Buffalo could send a strong signal to state legislatures." Rev. AL SHARPTON: "This is a moral and civil rights issue … You can't have case-by-case morality. You can't have transactional morality. You have to have transformative morality." POLICY CORNER STRANGER THAN FICTION — Could hot air balloons be the future of the military? The Pentagon is turning the idea into reality as the U.S. seeks to gain high-altitude surveillance advantages over Russia and China and track hypersonic weapons, Lee Hudson reports this morning.
| | | | A message from Meta:   | | | THE ECONOMY RECESSION WATCH — Are we already in a recession? Even though it looks like economic output has been declining this year, the job market has stayed steady — which would be the first time since World War II that a recession didn't feature rising unemployment, WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath reports. "It is the latest strange twist in the odd trajectory of the pandemic economy, and a riddle for those contemplating a recession. If the U.S. is in or near one, it doesn't yet look like any other on record." Still, economists expect at least some employment regression in the months ahead. AMERICA AND THE WORLD BRITTNEY GRINER LATEST — The WNBA star detained in Russia sent Biden a handwritten letter Monday pleading for his help in getting her released. "As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I'm terrified I might be here forever," she wrote. More from ESPN FOR THOSE KEEPING TRACK — "U.S. says Israeli military gunfire 'likely responsible' for Shireen Abu Akleh's death but examination of bullet inconclusive," CNN KISSINGER BOOK TOUR — "Kissinger's quick takes: Which leader did he underestimate? How has Washington changed?" by USA Today's Susan Page WAR IN UKRAINE LATEST ON THE GROUND — The war has taken a tremendous toll on both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries, prompting questions about how much longer either side can keep up this pace and intensity of fighting — particularly the outmatched Ukrainians, NYT's Thomas Gibbons-Neff reports. Russia's strategy of inflicting maximum destruction will be hard for them to maintain outside of eastern Ukraine. And Kyiv's strategy of defending cities to the last has earned some doubts among its own forces, who'd prefer not to make doomed sacrifices of life. — Ukrainian soldiers coming back from the front lines tell of an unthinkably brutal battlefield, reports AP's Francesca Ebel from Bakhmut: "Torched forests and cities burned to the ground. Colleagues with severed limbs. Bombardments so relentless the only option is to lie in a trench, wait and pray." THE REQUEST FROM KYIV — Ukraine wants a three-stage recovery plan for which it will need $750 billion, PM DENYS SHMYHAL said Monday. More from Reuters THE TAKEAWAYS — The U.S. and other Western countries are studying the war closely for takeaways about the future of conflict, especially given its heavy casualties and intense documentation, WSJ's Daniel Michaels reports. "Some lessons aren't all that new, such as the value of strong leadership and resilient supply lines. Others are: The modern battlefield has no hiding places and no boundaries. Drones, electronic surveillance and space-based observation make concealment harder than even a few years ago."
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