FBI demands footage from doc about ex-Green Beret who plotted Venezuela coup— but director plans to fight back

nypost.com:

Men of War” tells the story of Jordan Goudreau, a former Green Beret who, in 2020, as documented in the movie, helped plot a would-be coup against Venezuela’s authoritarianMaduro regime. “I found out that they want to subpoena all the raw footage,” Jen Gatien, who co-directed “Men of War,” told The Post of the feds. “That’s 100 hours of raw interviews that I did with Jordan and everyone else.

They’re legally not entitled to it under journalistic privilege.”In July, US marshals arrested Goudreau on charges of violating the Arms Export Control Act, claiming in an indictment that heillegally shipped firearms— allegedly to arm a militia for the supposed coup — out of the country.

He denies this.“They were there to see what Mr. Goudreau said during the filming in order to gather evidence,” MarisselDescalzo, Goudreau’s lawyer, told The Post of the feds at the film fest.“I’m sure they wanted to see if there was anything they could use against him in the trial.”Born in Canada, Goudreau, 48, found his calling when he enlisted in the US Army in 2001.

Serving as a Green Beret in Afghanistan and Iran, he specialized in missions that included frontline combat and intelligence work. “He loved the military and it gave him purpose,” Gatien, who received exclusive access to the subjects of her doc, told The Post. “But, more than that, he’s the best at it.