“He wouldn’t even listen to his daughter” – Trump ignored Ivanka’s plea to stop Capitol Riot

The investigation into the January 6 Capitol Riot continues with Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump testifying on Tuesday

The House January 6 select committee have been searching for evidence from the former president’s inner circle requesting his daughter to appear before the panel.

The committee told the 40-year-old businesswoman that it has evidence that she had called on her father to speak up against the violence as his supporters stormed Congress.

In a letter to the former president’s advisor, the chairman says “testimony obtained by the committee indicates that members of the White House staff requested” Ivanka Trump’s assistance on multiple occasions to intervene in an attempt to persuade President Trump to address the ongoing lawlessness”.

Ongoing investigation into the Riots

An investigation into how the attack occurred and what involvement Trump and his aides played in the insurrection is ongoing.

800 witnesses have already spoken to the committee with around 90,000 documents and over 435 phone tip-offs being probed.

The chairman says Ivanka Trump is “answering questions” “not in a broad, chatty term, but she’s answering questions”.

He added that “she came in on her own” and that there was no subpoena.

Cheddar News’ Political Director Megan Pratz says that Ivanka is a key focus of the investigation, revealing she had messaged her father, Donald Trump, the President of the US at the time, pleading that he put an end to the violence at the Capitol.

Pratz says that Trump failed to listen to his own daughter, and instead chose to ignore what was happening on January 6.