The committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, daughter of former president Donald Trump, to voluntarily co-operate with its probe.
The committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, daughter of former president Donald Trump, to voluntarily co-operate with its probe. T he committee sent a letter on Thursday requesting a meeting with Ms Trump, who served as an adviser to her father, in early February. In the letter, committee chairman Bennie Thompson says she was in direct contact with her father during key moments on January 6, 2021, when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to halt certification of Joe Biden’s presidential win. The committee says it wants to discuss what Ivanka Trump knew about her father’s efforts to pressure then-vice president Mike Pence to reject the 2020 election results, including a telephone call they say she witnessed. They also want to discuss concerns that she may have heard from Pence’s staff, members of Congress and the White House counsel’s office about those plans.
