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On Thursday, The New York Times reported that a pair of Netflix filmmakers shooting a behind-the-scenes documentary about President Donald Trumps immigration policy were threatened by federal officials, ordered to delete footage unflattering to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers, and told to delay release of the documentary until after the 2020 election.
In early 2017, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement prepared to carry out the hard-line agenda on which President Trump had campaigned, agency leaders jumped at the chance to let two filmmakers give a behind-the-scenes look at the process, reported Caitlin Dickerson. But as the documentary neared completion in recent months, the administration fought mightily to keep it from being released until after the 2020 election. After granting rare access to parts of the countrys powerful immigration enforcement machinery that are usually invisible to the public, administration officials threatened legal action and sought to block parts of it from seeing the light of day.
In heated phone calls and emails, they said, [an] official pushed to delay publication of the series, currently set to air on Netflix next month, continued the report. He warned that the federal government would use its full weight to veto scenes it found objectionable. Several times, the filmmakers said, the official pointed out that it was their little production company, not the films $125 billion distributor, that would face consequences. The filmmakers said they were told that the administrations anger over the project came from all the way to the top.'
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/dhs-threatens-netflix-filmmakers-to-keep-damning-footage-from-airing-before-the-election-report/
Cha
(298,017 posts)ENOUGH of the FASCIST NAZI FUCKUPS.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)Cha
(298,017 posts)uponit7771
(90,371 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)Hopefully, Netflix will be behind them.
louzke9
(296 posts)RESTRAINING order, but after the retaliation fiasco concerning Michael Cohen so fresh in the news...a judge may say NO!
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)Who will tell ICE to stand down?
Mr.Bill
(24,365 posts)gordianot
(15,253 posts)But why would they fear release? At this point only the brain dead follow Trump anyway if you are not convinced there is little hope you will recover. Could it be those complicit are fearful having crimes exposed?
ProfessorGAC
(65,381 posts)Most don't but a few show Joe with a lead of 8 or 9 but undecided at 10-12.
If it sways half of those undecideds, it's game over.
Thekaspervote
(32,820 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)department of trump security
Pretty much what it is now, says this Portland resident
C_U_L8R
(45,035 posts)What horrible goons. They deserve all the publicity they get.
mercuryblues
(14,556 posts)Citizen's United
Renew Deal
(81,897 posts)crickets
(25,990 posts)AllyCat
(16,260 posts)wryter2000
(46,130 posts)Cant wait to see it
Docreed2003
(16,900 posts)Threatening filmmakers because they may expose just how atrocious your actions have been right before an election? Such Trumpian bullshit. Release the film. Expose the truth! That is the only disinfectant we have against this terrible regime.
renate
(13,776 posts)It's not like this is supposed to be a democracy.
lame54
(35,345 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)there is mo way the fucking government has a right to stop this from airing. and for them to blatantly say wait until after the election?
proves their concern is political in nature rather than based on security or other concerms
Karadeniz
(22,606 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,689 posts)Fortunately, we still have somewhat of a functioning legal system in spite of the AG. The ACLU at least will have something to say and Trump doesn't have enough judges in his pocket to get away with it. Not yet.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,791 posts)And he won't have enough judges before he loses in November.
Dem2theMax
(9,660 posts)Put it on YouTube. For free. Let everyone see it!
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)bound to be a hit now
ancianita
(36,216 posts)there is a huge array of Goliaths attempting to control digital media, Netflix being one of the major distributors, a couple of suits filed for similar reasons (one from a Mexican cartel).
If Netflix's coffers are drained through the court battles it's survived, it could be taken down.
I'm sure DHS can't win, and yet Netflix is embattled.