Dismissed by Daddy
Ex-prez rips Ivanka claim
Former President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed daughter Ivanka’s testimony to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot after a portion of her remarks were played during a prime-time hearing by the panel.
“Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social-media platform. “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 hours after committee member Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) played a clip of Ivanka Trump’s testimony during the nationally broadcast hearing.
The clip showed Ivanka Trump, who was a senior adviser to her father, answering an interviewer’s question about her reaction to Barr’s statement in December 2020 that the Justice Department had found no evidence that fraud had affected the outcome of the presidential election.
“It affected my perspective,” Ivanka said. “I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accept what he was saying.”
Additional clips of Ivanka’s testimony are expected to be released in other committee hearings in the coming weeks.
The 45th president took several shots at Thursday’s proceedings over Truth Social on Friday.
“So the Unselect Committee of political HACKS refuses to play any of the many positive witnesses and statements, refuses to talk of the Election Fraud and Irregularities that took place on a massive scale, and decided to use a documentary maker from Fake News ABC to spin only negative footage,” Trump wrote. “Our Country is in such trouble!”
No holds Barr-ed
Trump specifically lashed out at Barr, whose own video deposition — in which he dismissed the expresident’s claims of election fraud as “bulls--t” — was also played at Thursday’s hearing.
“Bill Barr was a weak and frightened Attorney General who was always being ‘played’ and threatened by the Democrats and was scared stiff of being Impeached,” Trump wrote.
“How do you not get impeached? Do nothing, or say nothing, especially about the obviously RIGGED & STOLEN Election or, to put it another way, THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY! The Democrats hit pay dirt with Barr, he was stupid, ridiculously said there was no problem with the Election, & they left him alone. It worked for him, but not for our Country!”
Ultimately, Trump said he spoke with “many people” about the election results and remained steadfast in his claim that it was “rigged and stolen.”