Ivanka Trump May ‘Voluntarily Appear’ For Interview With Jan. 6 House Committee

Former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka is in talks with the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol about possibly sitting down with them for an interview.

The House Select Committee had previously invited Ivanka to sit for a voluntary interview in an 8-page letter delivered by Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. Her attorneys have been in talks with the committee ever since.

“We write to request your voluntary cooperation with our investigation on a range of critical topics … 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.

It was not immediately clear whether the former First Daughter plans to provide substantive information to the committee or whether it is a strategy to stall the investigation, two people familiar with the discussions told The New York Times.

Ivanka has not yet agreed on a date when she might sit down for the interview. However, she reportedly does not plan to follow the steps of Trump-ally Steve Bannon, who was indicted for contempt of Congress for defying the House committee’s subpoena, the sources added.

Ivanka, who served as one of her father’s senior advisers, was one of the several aides who attempted to persuade the former president to condemn the violence at the Capitol. The insurrection injured more than 150 police officers and sent many lawmakers, including then-Vice President Mike Pence, to flee.

News of Ivanka’s discussion with the House committee comes a day after the Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from the former president to block congressional investigators to obtain his administration’s records.

The records are expected to include Trump’s schedules, call logs, emails and other White House documents that the committee believes they need to fully understand the events that led to the Capitol riot.

The justice’s ruling came in an unsigned order issued without comment. While the order can still allow Trump to assert executive privilege, President Joe Biden can decide not to honor it.