Former President Donald Trump on Friday responded to his own daughter’s testimony to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, after a portion of her remarks were played during a primetime hearing by the panel.
“Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results,” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social.
“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!).”
The post came just hours after committee member Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) played a small section of her testimony to lawmakers and the general public watching the hearing.
“Many of President Trump’s White House staff also recognized that the evidence did not support the claims President Trump was making,” Cheney said. “This is the president’s daughter, commenting on Bill Barr’s statement that the [Justice] Department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election.”
The clip proceeded to show interviewers asking Ivanka Trump how Barr’s statement affected her perspective about the election.
“It affected my perspective,” Ivanka Trump responded. “I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accept what he was saying.”
Additional clips of Ivanka’s testimony are expected to be released throughout other committee hearings in the coming weeks.
