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politics &the nation

BYISAACARNSDORF

ANDJOSHDAWSEY

Former presidentDonald
Trumphasdemandedthatmany
ofhisaidesandadvisersclaim
privilegeandresistsubpoenas
fromtheHouseselect committee
investigating the Jan. 6, 2021,
attackontheCapitol.
Nothis daughterandson-in-
law, though.
“I said,‘Whateveryouwantto
dois okaywithme.’Ididn’teven
speakto themaboutit,”Trump
recountedinanAprilinterview
withThe Washington Post.
“Don’t carewhattheysaid.Let
themsaythetruth.Itoldthem
that: ‘Justsay thetruth.’”
Butwhen thepublicgotits
firstglimpse onThursdaynight
of what IvankaTrumpandJared
Kushnerhadtosay, theformer
president appearedlessgenerous
—issuing astatement that
pushedbackonhertestimony.
“Ivanka Trump was not in-
volvedin lookingat,orstudying,
Electionresults,”Trumpposted
on hisTruth Social platform.
“Shehadlongsince checkedout.”
Trumpwasreactingto ashort
clipofIvankaTrumpthatwas
playedduringViceChairwoman
LizCheney’sopeningstatement,
inwhichtheformerpresident’s
daughtersaidsheacceptedAt-
torney GeneralWilliamP. Barr’s
conclusion thatthere was no
widespread fraudaffectingthe
outcome—evenasherfather
wascontinuingin public to false-
ly insisttheelectionhadbeen
stolen.
“Itaffectedmy perspective,”
IvankaTrumpsaidin theclip.“I
respectAttorneyGeneral Barr,so
Iacceptedwhathewas saying.”
Thediscordmarksanewtwist
onaclosefather-daughterrela-
tionshipthathas spannedfamily,
businessandpolitics,exposinga
riftthathasopenedsincethe
2020 election,accordingto other
Trumpadvisers. BeforeJan.6,
IvankaTrump brokewithher
fatherandsiblingsbyavoiding
baseless fraud allegations and
attempts to overturntheelection
results.OnthedayoftheCapitol
riot,sherepeatedlytriedto per-

suadethepresidenttomakea

statement or videocallingforhis

supporterstostop the attack,

TheWashingtonPost hasreport-

ed.

That tensioncouldmountas

thecommitteeholdsmorehear-

ingsthismonth.IvankaTrump’s

descriptions of her efforts to

pressherfatherintoactionon

Jan. 6havemade herakey

witnessforinvestigators,people

familiarwithhertestimonysaid.

ThecommitteeinterviewedIvan-

ka TrumpandKushnerforhours

and hasindicated thatitwill

release transcripts.

“You’reprobablygoingtoget a

heavydoseof JaredandIvanka

goingforward,”said alawyer

representingother witnesses

whospokeontheconditionof

anonymitybecausethosediscus-

sionsareconfidential. Commit-

teesourcesviewedIvankaTrump

andKushneras sometimes help-

fulandat timesfrustrating,ac-

cordingtomultipleadvisers—

butparticularlyusefulin under-

standingTrump’spsyche.

Trumpsaidin ThePostinter-

viewthattheydidn’t tell himin

advance about whatthey

plannedto sayintestimonyand

thatheviewedthecommittee’s

focus onIvankaas“harassment.”

Thetestimony’simpactwas

heightenedonThursdaybythe

useof avideoexcerpt—abold

stepforacongressional investi-

gationthatcameasasurprise

evento peoplecloselyfollowing

theprobe.Theclipmadeforone

of themostdramaticmomentsin

thefirsthearing,whichdrewa

televisionaudienceof almost

millionAmericans.

“I don’tknowifanybody

walkedin thinkingthey’re going

to havevideosshownonprime

time,” saidaformerTrumpWhite

Houseadviser,wholikeothers

interviewedforthisreportspoke

ontheconditionof anonymityto

relayprivatediscussions.

Representativesfor Ivanka

Trump, Kushner and Donald

Trumpdid notrespondtore-

quests forcomment.But another

formerTrumpadviserdisputed

thatTrumpwasangrywithhis

daughter overthetestimony.The

aimof hisstatement,theformer

advisersaid,wastoemphasize

thatIvankawasn’t involvedin

legaldiscussions.

Thecommitteealsoplayeda

shortclipof Kushner’s testimony

in whichheappeareddismissive

of WhiteHouseCounselPat Ci-

pollone’s threatstoresign in

protestofsomepardondiscus-

sions.

“I kindoftookit upto justbe

whining,tobehonestwithyou,”

Kushnersaidin thevideo.

Trumphasnotmadeanypub-

licresponsetoKushner’s testi-

mony. Privately,hehas com-

plainedaboutKushner’s rolein

thereelectioncampaignandthe

manyWhite Houseefforts that

Kushnerhastriedto takecredit

for,accordingto three people

whohave spokento Trump.

SinceTrump left office, his

daughter andson-in-law have

notattendedmeetingsonpoliti-

cal travel, spendingorother

partsofhispoliticaloperation

andhaverarelyspokenwithhis

otheradvisers. Thecouplehave

reportedlyboughtanestateon

anexclusiveMiami-Dadeisland.

One adviser who is regularly

aroundthepresidentsaid:“I’ve

seenJared onetime.”Butthe

formerpresidentstillregularly

talksto IvankaTrump.

HispostonFridayalsoap-

pearedto defendhisdaughter’s

testimonyas“onlytryingtobe

respectfulto BillBarr”—whom

Trumphadmuchharsherwords

for.

Someotherconservativescrit-

icizedtheuseof thevideoasa

cheapshot.“TheIvankaTrump

cliphasgottenalot of attention,

butits inclusionwas entirely

gratuitous and clearlymeant

simply to embarrassher,” Nation-

alRevieweditorinchiefRich

LowrysaidonTwitter.

Indecidingto cooperatewith

thecommittee, Ivanka Trump

andKushnermayhaveconsid-

eredtheinvestigators’aggressive

useof criminalcontemptrefer-

rals for witnesses refusingto

appear.

“Theydidn’t wanttobeinthe

samecategoryasSteveBannon

andPeterNavarro,”thelawyer

representing other witnesses

said,referring to the former

Trumpadviserswhowereindict-

edafterdefyingthecommittee’s

subpoenas.

IvankaTrumphaslongpartici-

patedin her father’s business

ventures,includingaNewYork

condoprojectthatrecentlydrew

prosecutors’ scrutinybut no

charges, andtheWashingtonho-

tel at the center of multiple

conflict-of-interestinvestiga-

tions and lawsuits during his

presidency. Shealso branched

outtolaunchherownclothing

line,andKushner broughthis

ownwealth,mediaventuresand

familyrealestate empire.

As thecouple sidestepped

anti-nepotismrules to take

WhiteHousejobs,IvankaTrump

initiallypresentedherselfasa

moderating force. Aonetime

Democrat whosupported gay

rights andabortionrights,she

laterannouncedthatshe became

a“TrumpRepublican”andop-

posedabortion, promptingspec-

ulationaboutherownpolitical

ambitions.Thecouple’sspecial

treatment astheonlyadvisers

whocouldstakeouttheirown

positionsandcouldnotbefired

wasfrequently asorepointfor

otherstaffers.

“Theycouldfloatinandout

whentheywantedto,whilethe

restofeverybodyelsedidn’t have

thatluxury,”aformer White

Houseofficialsaid.“Theysold

thewholethingat thebeginning

asbeingthepeoplewhocould

moderatehim. They clearly

couldn’t dothat. At theend,they

knew they weren’t goingto

changehis mind,so whybeparty

to abunchof thisstuff?”

In anothersignofthecouple’s

uneasyindependence,theyhave

in thepastshownararewilling-

nessamongTrump insidersto

cooperatewith investigators.

Duringthespecialcounselinves-

tigation into Russian interfer-

encein the 2016 election,Kush-

nerworkedwithwell-respected

lawyers who gave conciliatory

publicstatements,in contrastto

themorecombativetonefrom

Donald Trump’s legalteam.

It’s notclearwhatotherinfor-

mationIvankaTrumpgave inves-

tigatorsthatcouldshowupin

upcominghearings.Thecommit-

tee’s letteraskinghertotestify

referencedTrump’s plantoim-

pede thecounting ofelectoral

collegevotes,whetherhesought

toblockthedeploymentofthe

NationalGuardandwhathewas

doinginthedays aftertheattack

regardingongoingthreats of vio-

lence.

Ivanka Trump’s Jan. 6testimony exposes astrain in the family

DEMETRIUSFREEMAN/THEWASHINGTONPOST

Avideo of IvankaTrumpwas playedduring Thursday’shearing in which shesaid she accepted

Attorney GeneralWilliam P. Barr’sconclusionthatthere wasno fraudaffecting the election outcome.

“IvankaTrumpwas not

involvedin lookingat,

orstudying,Election

results.She had long

sincecheckedout.”

FormerpresidentDonaldTrump, in

apostontheTruthSocialplatform

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