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Donald Trump in 2021 asked a group of people whether a Jewish documentary filmmaker was a good Jewish character", according to a video of the former president that was released as part of footage that was subpoenaed by the House special committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, the New York Times reports.

The interaction was recorded by documentary filmmaker Alex Holder at an event at Trump's New Jersey golf club in May 2021. Trump, speaking to several people, was responding to a woman's comment about Jews who didn't vote for you".