Ivanka Trump told Jan. 6 committee that she accepted that her father lost election – Yahoo News

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Donald Trump and a senior adviser in his administration, told the Jan. 6 select committee that she accepted former Attorney General William Barrs assessment that there was no evidence of sufficient fraud in the 2020 election that could have overturned the results.

In Thursday evenings hearing, committee co-chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., played video of Barr testifying to the Jan. 6 committee, as well as public comments he made, in which he recounted telling Trump that his claims that fraud explained his loss to Joe Biden amounted to bulls***.

I repeatedly told the president in no uncertain terms that I did not see evidence of fraud that would have affected the outcome of the election, Barr said in one clip. And, frankly, a year-and-a-half later, I have seen anything to change my mind on that.

Testimony given by Ivanka Trump is screened during the Select committee hearing on Thursday night. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Cheney then pivoted to what Ivanka Trump told the committee.

Many of President Trumps White House staff also recognized that the evidence did not support the claims President Trump was making, Cheney said. This is the presidents daughter commenting on Bill Barrs statement that the department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election.

Video was then played of a question put to Ivanka Trump by committee staff.

How did that affect your perspective about the election, when Attorney General Barr made that statement? the staff member asked.

It affected my perspective. I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying, Ivanka Trump answered.

On Wednesday, the New York Times published a story that detailed the effort made by Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, to wash their hands of the former presidents effort to try to overturn the 2020 election results.

Jared Kushner as seen in select committee video testimony. (House TV via Reuters Video)

Thursdays video, however, was the first public airing of Ivanka Trumps assessment of the election results and their legitimacy.

Cheney played another video clip of her questioning Kushner about threats by former White House counsel Patrick Cippollone to tender his resignation over Trumps relentless campaign to block the certification of Bidens victory.

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I know he and the team, he was always saying, Oh, were going to resign. Were not going to be here if this happens, if that happens, Kushner testified. And so, I kind of just took it up to be whining, to be honest with you.

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