Former President Donald Trump publicly rebuked his daughter Ivanka Trump following a clip of her displayed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot during a public hearing Thursday evening.
The former president stressed that his daughter was not in the loop on his campaign’s investigations of 2020 election fraud claims and had not thoroughly studied the matter. In the clip, Ivanka Trump said she respected former Attorney General Bill Barr and trusted his judgment that the 2022 election wasn’t rigged.
“Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results. She had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be respectful to Bill Barr and his position as attorney general (he sucked),” Trump wrote on Truth Social, a social media platform he has attempted to establish as an alternative to Twitter.
Ivanka Trump’s comments, made during a closed-door deposition, were highlighted during the panel’s prime-time public hearing. Members of the panel and Trump critics pointed to the clip, in which she was pressed about Barr’s dismissal of claims of rampant voter fraud touted by the then-president and some of his allies, as evidence that members of Trump’s inner circle knew his claims about rampant voter fraud were unfounded.
“I respect Attorney General Barr. So I accepted what he said, was saying,” she replied, implying that she believed there was no widespread voter fraud.
Former President Donald Trump publicly rebuked his daughter Ivanka Trump following a clip of her displayed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot during a public hearing Thursday evening.
The former president stressed that his daughter was not in the loop on his campaign’s investigations of 2020 election fraud claims and had not thoroughly studied the matter. In the clip, Ivanka Trump said she respected former Attorney General Bill Barr and trusted his judgment that the 2022 election wasn’t rigged.
“Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results. She had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be respectful to Bill Barr and his position as attorney general (he sucked),” Trump wrote on Truth Social, a social media platform he has attempted to establish as an alternative to Twitter.
Ivanka Trump’s comments, made during a closed-door deposition, were highlighted during the panel’s prime-time public hearing. Members of the panel and Trump critics pointed to the clip, in which she was pressed about Barr’s dismissal of claims of rampant voter fraud touted by the then-president and some of his allies, as evidence that members of Trump’s inner circle knew his claims about rampant voter fraud were unfounded.
“I respect Attorney General Barr. So I accepted what he said, was saying,” she replied, implying that she believed there was no widespread voter fraud.
Barr had told investigators during his deposition that he told the former president his election claims were false.
“I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which I told the president was bulls. And I didn’t want to be a part of it,” Barr declared, seemingly confirming reports from last year that he called the claims “bulls” in remarks to Trump.
The former president also lashed out at Barr, a routine practice since the waning days of his presidency.
“Bill Barr was a weak and frightened Attorney General who was always being ‘played’ and threatened by the Democrats and was scared stiff of being Impeached,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Do nothing, or say nothing, especially about the obviously RIGGED & STOLEN Election or, to put it another way, THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY! The Democrats hit pay dirt with Barr, he was stupid, ridiculously said there was no problem. With the Election, & they left him alone. It for him, but not for our Country!”
Trump insisted the “so-called ‘Rush on the Capitol’ was not caused” by him but “was caused by a Rigged and Stolen Election,” rebuffing claims from the Jan. 6 committee that he incited an insurrection. He also denied claims he might have been supportive of chants to hang then-Vice President Mike Pence.
“I NEVER said, or even thought of saying, ‘Hang Mike Pence.’ This is either a made-up story by somebody looking to become a star, or FAKE NEWS!” he said.
Since Trump’s electoral defeat, he has been adamant that widespread voter fraud cost him the election and has demanded heightened measures to bolster election integrity. His claims have been widely lambasted by critics and have largely faltered in court.
Reporting from The Washington Examiner.
