Committee of Inquiry
Ivanka Trump to testify as a witness to the Capitol storming
Former US President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump
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The parliamentary committee of inquiry into the storming of the US Capitol a year ago wants to interview former President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka.
The investigative committee into the storming of the US Capitol wants to interview former President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, as a witness. The panel is hoping for information from Trump, who was a senior adviser to her father at the time, about the events and discussions in the White House surrounding the attack on the US Congress seat a year ago, as the House of Representatives committee announced on Thursday . She may also have information about the Republican’s efforts to undermine Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory, it said.
What might Ivanka Trump know?
Also of particular interest are Trump’s knowledge and involvement in discussions at the White House after the violent storming of the Capitol began on January 6, 2021, the committee said. Testimonies suggested that Trump was urged to influence her father and urge him to publicly condemn his supporters’ violence.
A testimony made under oath also suggests that Trump therefore spoke to her father several times. The committee is also “particularly interested” in the question of why Trump did not appear live in front of the cameras, but instead addressed the nation with a pre-recorded video message, it said.
The committee did not subpoena Ivanka Trump, but asked her to cooperate with the panel voluntarily. Trump suggested February 3rd or 4th as the date. The hearings of the panel are usually not open to the public.
After an inciting speech by Trump, his supporters stormed the seat of Congress in the capital Washington to prevent confirmation of Biden’s election victory. The attack killed five people and injured dozens. The attack on the heart of US democracy shook the country.