Trump Threatens Lawsuit over New Documentary.
VAUSE: Donald Trump and litigation seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. His latest target is a new documentary called, "You've Been Trumped Too."</s>SESAY: The film is a sequel to "You've Been Trumped," which focused on the plight of 92-year-old Molly Forbes, and her son, Michael. Neighbors are moving to Poland so Trump's luxury golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland.</s>DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And I look at his place and it's a pigsty. Do I regret that? No, I don't regret it.</s>SESAY: Well, in the sequel, the former family allege they've been bullied and harassed by the Trump corporation who've left without regular running water for years after it was shut off during construction of Trump's golf course.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Three years after Trump's workers cut off Molly's water supply, she was still collecting water from a nearby stream.</s>VAUSE: Officials with Trump International -- excuse me -- denied those allegations. One of the most memorable moments in this film, though, is when Michael Forbes and his wife travel to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention this past July.</s>TRUMP: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination --</s>TRUMP: -- for the presidency of the United States. We will be a country of generosity and warmth. And millions of new jobs and trillions --</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And that's the truth, yes. God. I've never heard so much bull</s>VAUSE: The director of "You've Been Trumped Too" is Anthony Baxter and earlier he spoke with me from New York.</s>VAUSE: Anthony, thank you for being with us. The reaction from Trump International to this sequel I guess has been much like it was to the original documentary, which is a threat of legal action.</s>ANTHONY BAXTER, FILM DIRECTOR: Yes, no surprise there. I mean, it just seems to be what Donald Trump does when somebody releases a film that he doesn't like and that's bring out the lawyers. And of course that's an important point about all of this. The people that I follow in the documentary, ordinary folk in Scotland, in Aberdeenshire, who have, for years, faced up to this kind of bullying and harassment from Donald Trump and they don't have access to lawyers. They don't have access to the airwaves in the way that Mr. Trump has. And so that's the whole point of the film, to give them a chance to have a crack at the airwaves, if you will, and follow their story and allow their voices to be heard.</s>VAUSE: And part of your sort of legal strategy here is now to release this documentary on Facebook.</s>BAXTER: That's right. We think it's a world first for a feature- length documentary film. We're playing it on Thursday night at trumpedfilm.com and releasing it to as many American voters as we possibly can because I think it's very important. The point in the film really is that we've heard an awful lot about what Donald Trump says. Well, let's just see in what he actually does. And specifically, in this film, we follow the story of a 92-year-old woman, who I discover is without a proper working water supply, all because of Trump, as she puts it in the film. And the film reveals the shocking scenario that the Forbes are still in this situation, five years on, as Donald Trump is racing to the White House and trying to get the keys to the most powerful position in the world. And I think it's important point in history, really, to follow this story and to bring that story to a wider audience, which is why we're releasing it to as many American voters as we possibly can ahead of the election on the 8th of November.</s>VAUSE: OK, well, in the followup documentary, Donald Trump Jr. acknowledges the water problems for the Forbes family were actually caused by the construction of their golf course. This is that moment. Listen to this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's a very serious thing if somebody's water is not working. We take that seriously.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We told them this is what we intend on doing. This is what we intend on building. It's not going to be easy to live here.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They knew this was going to happen.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And we also offered them lifetime use of the facilities.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you discovered they had been without water,</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We did what we could to get that restored as quickly as possible.</s>VAUSE: And so I just want to pop very quickly with a statement that Trump International has put out. It reads, in part, "The well is shared with another neighboring property owner who will confirm that their water system has historically been unreliable and fraught with problems long before Trump owned the land. Five years ago, an unknown underground clay pipe was unintentionally disrupted by our lead contractor and was repaired immediately. "The neighbor who shares the 'well' with Forbes can attest that his water supply was only temporary (sic) affected and rectified fully within a few days." That said, it goes on to say Forbes actually rejected an offer from Trump to be connected to the main water supply. So what is your reaction to all that?</s>BAXTER: Well, essentially, when I went to visit the Forbes as back in 2010, it was a week after their water supply had been cut off accidentally. And they were still without a working water supply then. Then year after year followed and the same was the situation. And the Forbeses say that ever since the Trump organization came to Scotland and ever since Donald Trump started construction work on his golf course, their water hasn't worked properly. And we see a scene in the film also, where Molly talks about the sludge and contaminated water that was coming out of the taps. And so I just don't see the evidence.</s>VAUSE: OK, well, a key part to your sequel here is when Mr. Forbes is in Cleveland and he's talking to delegates at the Republican National Convention about his ongoing legal battle with Donald Trump. Here's some of that interaction.</s>MICHAEL FORBES: He cut our pipe coming from a spring to our well. That's the man you're voting for. And he didn't care.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's difficult to have neighbors sometimes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Eight years under an administration that is just oppressive. So --</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- you have your problems. We have ours.</s>VAUSE: Is that typical of how most Trump supporters saw this dispute?</s>BAXTER: I think people were really shocked to hear their story. I mean, think that the way that they have been dealt with by Donald Trump, the Forbeses have been treated, you know, Michael was called a pig; his farm, a slum, on national television repeatedly, not just the once. And throughout all that time, they have shown incredible dignity and they are an absolute inspiration to people around the world. One of the important things about this film, I think, is that we see Donald Trump in a way that we haven't really seen him before. We see how his actions actually impact on people's lives. This isn't Donald Trump being caught on a hot mike, saying things about women. This is what actually he does, specifically to a 92- year-old woman, who he says reminds him of his own mother. So I think it's really important that people have an opportunity to see it, which is why we are getting it out to as many people as we can ahead of the election and then allow people to make up their own minds.</s>VAUSE: OK. And I'm sure a lot of people will get to see it. It is compelling to watch. Anthony, thank you so much for being with us.</s>BAXTER: Thanks for having me.</s>SESAY: Very interesting conversation. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm Isha Sesay.</s>VAUSE: I'm John Vause. Rosemary Church will pick it up from here after a short break.