Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump's daughter, is in talks with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol about potentially cooperating and interviewing with the panel, according to her spokesperson.
She served as one of former President Trump's top advisers while he was in office.
Last month, the committee sent a letter to Ivanka Trump and requested her "voluntary cooperation with our investigation." They said in the letter that there is evidence she was in "direct contact" with her father the day of the attacks.
"We write to request your voluntary cooperation with our investigation on a range of critical topics, including the four specific matters outlined below. We respect your privacy, and our questions will be limited to issues relating to January 6th, the activities that contributed to or influenced events on January 6th, and your role in the White House during that period," the letter said.
The New York Times, who was first to report the discussions, said that Trump hasn't requested his daughter to go against the committee's request, something he's already done with other former top aides.
The panel has already subpoenaed Trump allies Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Boris Epshteyn for their roles in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. Last month, 14 "alternate electors" who falsely claimed that Trump had won the election in their states were subpoenaed, in addition to former deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere.
Last month, Trump told The Washington Examiner how he feels about his children being involved in the investigation.
"It’s a very unfair situation for my children," Trump said. "Very, very unfair."
Additionally, the Jan. 6 panel said that they have evidence that Ivanka Trump could have "direct knowledge" of the former president's attempt to convince former Vice President Mike Pence to block Congress' certification of the 2020 election results.
The committee's letter cited testimony from General Keith Kellogg, Pence’s former national security adviser, saying that Ivanka Trump and other White House officials tried to convince her father do something to stop the riots.
The letter also showed text messages from Fox News host Sean Hannity to then-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, saying to get Trump to end the "stolen election talk" and to keep Trump away from certain "crazy people."
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