Donald Trump made a phone call to Putin before the election.
An interview with Trump was canceled so he could call Putin, according to a film maker.
The false claims that Trump was pushing about Hunter had just been rejected by Putin.
According to a British film maker, Donald Trump made a call to Putin just before the election.
The man who was filming Trump and his family for a documentary in the months before the Capitol riot told the outlet that he was going to film an interview with the president.
It was canceled on the day.
The chief of staff came over and said that the interview couldn't happen because the president was on the phone.
The interview had to be postponed because he said he was on the phone with Putin.
The apparent call was not immediately responded to by the office of the president. There was no official reading out the call.
Trump was campaigning in New England on the day of the call. The call to Putin was made while on the plane.
At the time, Trump was making baseless claims that his opponent in the election, Joe Biden, had profited from shady business deals in Russia and Ukraine.
Russian state media reported just before the alleged call that Putin had seen no evidence of criminal activity in Hunter Biden's dealings in Russia.
The relationship between Trump and Putin has been the subject of controversy.
It was the subject of a lengthy investigation by Special Counsel Robert Muller, who found that there was no proof that Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia.
Russia tried to help Trump win the election, according to the findings of the special counsel. According to a US intelligence report, Russia tried to influence the election by spreading false information about Biden.
The House committee is looking into Trump's attempt to overturn his 2020 defeat. The existence of the tapes surprised Trump aides who only learned of them this week.
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