Recently obtained footage from a documentary shows long-time Republican Roger Stone, days before the 2020 election, saying he was ready to contest the election results.
Stone is an ally of former President Donald Trump and made the statement in front of a Danish documentary crew, and the footage was recently obtained by CNN.
"F**k the voting, let's get right to the violence," Stone can be heard saying. "Shoot to kill. See an Antifa? Shoot to kill. F**k 'em. Done with this bulls**t."
In a second clip, CNN obtained Stone says that Trump should prematurely claim victory on election night.
"I really do suspect it'll still be up in the air. When that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory. Possession is nine-tenths of the law. No, we won," Stone said on Nov. 1, 2020, according to the footage.
The footage from the documentary crew has also been shared with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.
The filmmakers told CNN that they shared certain clips that had been recorded after the committee subpoenaed the footage.
Politico reported in August that investigators for the committee had made their way to Denmark to review the footage, of which the filmmakers agreed to share 8 minutes that were of interest and within the scope of the investigation.
The 2020 election wasn't the primary purpose of the documentary, as filmmakers Christoffer Guldbrandsen and Frederik Marbell had been following Stone for three years.
Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) signed the subpoena for the footage, which is expected to be a part of the upcoming hearing this week. The filmmakers shared with CNN that the committee was interested in footage focused on Stone and his relationship with the White House.
They also said there was interest in Stone's relationship with members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, but the filmmakers say they could make no connection between the groups, Stone, and the White House.
While the Danish filmmakers are cooperating with the committee, they have not shared the footage with federal investigators, despite being contacted by the FBI as early as March.
Stone was also one of several Trump allies seeking a pardon the week after the Jan. 6 attack, and one clip shows him criticizing the White House Counsel's Office for saying that Trump could not provide preemptive pardons.
"I believe the President is for it. The obstacles are these – are these lily-livered, weak kneed, bureaucrats in the White House Counsel's Office, and now they must be crushed because they've told the President something that's not true," Stone says in the clip.
Luckily for Stone, a pardon has not been needed as he has not been charged, but he was present at the "Stop the Steal" rally outside the U.S. Capitol the day of the riot.
Stone has refuted the statements he made, claiming that the videos have been altered.
"I challenge the accuracy and the authenticity of these videos and believe they have been manipulated and selectively edited. I also point out that the filmmakers do not have the legal right to use them. How ironic that Kim Kardashian and I are both subjected to computer-manipulated videos on the same day," Stone said in a statement to CNN.
"The excerpts you provided below prove nothing, certainly they do not prove I had anything to do with the events of Jan. 6. That being said, it clearly shows I advocated for lawful congressional and judicial options," he added.
The House select committee will hold its first hearing since this summer on Wednesday night, and several members of the bipartisan group have shared that this isn't likely to be the last before it hands over its findings in a final report later this fall.
"We don't anticipate that it will be the last hearing," Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said over the weekend at the Texas Tribune Festival.
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