Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that her committee has evidence that then-President Donald Trump's daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka, was among those pleading with the commander in chief to do more to stop the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
On Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Trump spoke at a rally seeking to overturn the results of the November election as Congress was certifying then-President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the Electoral College. Trump urged his supporters to "fight like hell," falsely alleging that the election was rigged.
“He’s got to condemn this s*** ASAP,” Trump’s eldest son wrote to Meadows, according to Cheney's testimony. Meadows replied: “I'm pushing it hard. I agree.”,” Ivanka Trump told her aides at one point that day: “I’m going down to my dad. This has to stop.” Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, were among the most senior advisers in her father's White House.urging his supporters to go home, but only after much of the violence had already unfolded.
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