CNN said it obtained footage from an upcoming documentary by Danish filmmakers Christoffer Guldbrandsen and Frederik Marbell, who shadowed Stone for about two years.
In a clip from two days before the election, Stone accurately predicted a winner would not be known on election day.
“I really do suspect it’ll still be up in the air,” he says. “When that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory. Possession is nine-tenths of the law, no we won.”
Declaring victory is exactly what Trump did. As millions of votes were still being tallied across the country, Trump told supporters, “Frankly, we did win this election.”