Jan. 6 committee asks Ivanka Trump to give voluntary testimony

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has invited Ivanka Trump to give voluntary testimony.

In a letter sent Thursday to former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, who served as a top White House adviser, committee chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said it was seeking information about her communications with the White House on the day of the attack.

Earlier this month, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said the panel has testimony that Ivanka Trump asked him to intervene as his supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol.

“The committee has firsthand testimony now that he was sitting in the dining room next to the Oval Office watching the attack on television as the assault on the Capitol occurred. We know, as you know well, that the briefing room at the White House is just a mere few steps from the Oval Office,” Cheney, the vice chair of the committee, said on ABC News’ “This Week” on Jan. 2.

She said that at any moment, Trump could have walked to the briefing room and appeared on television.

“We know members of his family, we know his daughter — we have firsthand testimony that his daughter Ivanka went in at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence,” said Cheney.