Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Donald Trump and one of those closest to him during the riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, will testify Tuesday before the House Committee investigating those events, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. News.
Ivanka Trump is one of more than 800 witnesses the Committee has subpoenaed as it works to compile a record of the attack. She is the first of Trump’s children to speak to the Committee and one of the closest people to her father.
Her decision to cooperate is important to the Committee, which has been trying to get an interview with her since late January. The incident comes less than a week after her husband, Jared Kushner, testified before a nine-member panel in a virtual meeting that lasted more than six hours. Committee members said her testimony was helpful and they hope to fill in the gaps further with her help.
Ivanka’s testimony, like that of others, will be private. The panel is using the interviews to compile a comprehensive record and will begin releasing information on the subject in the coming months as it holds public hearings and releases a series of reports on the terrorist coup.
Lawmakers have said they want to discuss what Ivanka Trump knew about her father’s efforts to sabotage the process, including a witnessed phone call, and to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject Joe Biden’s election victory. in 2020 as part of his ceremonial role of overseeing the counting of votes.
The Committee is also interested in any concerns it has heard from Pence staff, members of Congress and the White House counsel’s office about Trump’s pressure on Pence. Ivanka Trump’s attitude contrasts with some of her father’s top advisers, who have refused to cooperate.
The House is expected to vote this week to recommend contempt charges against Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, who the committee says have been uncooperative. The committee previously voted to recommend contempt charges against another Trump ally, Steve Bannon, who defied a congressional subpoena, and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who stopped cooperating with the panel.
Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury and is awaiting indictment by the Justice Department. The Justice Department has not taken any action against Meadows. Other witnesses who are still close to the former president, and several who were in the White House that day, declined to answer questions from the Committee.
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