The January 6 committee began its public hearings on June 9 amid Republican grumbling about a lack of due process and representation on the committee, even if it was by their own choice. It seems to me that these current Washington spectacles contain endless redundancies—people disputing things that have been proved time and again, making objections that often seem irrelevant if not fatuous. How many times do we have to prove that the 2020 election was not compromised?

Various people have testified both publicly and behind closed doors. One of them is Alex Holder, a 33-year-old British filmmaker, and the director of the documentary series Unprecedented. His last interview with Trump was filmed in the White House, and features a problematic water glass that, like the 2020 election, never seems quite right to Donald Trump.