The House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection in the Capitol has asked Ivanka Trump to voluntarily come and speak with them about what she saw that day.
'You will anticipate the committee inviting some people to come talk to us,' Rep. Bennie Thompson told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday, adding, 'not lawmakers right now — Ivanka Trump.'
It's the second blow to Ivanka this week after New York's attorney general went after the former first daughter for being given the option to buy a luxury NYC apartment from the Trump Organization for a third of the value listed on company financial statements.
Ivanka Trump served as an adviser to her father Donald Trump during his White House tenure. She, husband Jared Kushner and their three children moved to Miami after the Trump's administration ended.
In its letter to Ivanka, the House committee said they were seeking a voluntary interview about what she saw on January 6th, including Donald Trump's actions that day and his state of mind as his supporters stormed the Capitol.
'We propose meeting with you on February 3 or 4, 2022,' the panel wrote to her on Thursday. 'If you are unavailable on those dates, we can arrange a time during the week of February 7, 2022.'
The 11-page letter offered new details about the committee has learned about what happened in the White House on the day of the insurrection.
Ivanka is the latest member of the Trump family to be targeted by the panel. The committee has also sought logs of phone calls and text messages between the former president’s son Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
The chair of the House committee investigating January 6th said they will invite Ivanka Trump to come and speak with them
Ivanka Trump with her father Donald Trump at his rally outside the White House on January 6th
She was in the Oval Office on January 6th where she reportedly encouraged him to ask his supporters to stand down during their raid on the Capitol, where they tried to stop the official Electoral College certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.
Ivanka Trump's spokesperson did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
In its letter, the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol referred to Ivanka being present in the Oval Office on the morning of January 6th, when then-President Trump called Vice President Mike Pence to pressure him to try and hold up certification of the 2020 election.
'The Select Committee wishes to discuss the part of the conversation you observed between President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of January 6th,' the panel wrote to her.
'Similarly, the Select Committee would like to discuss any other conversations you may have witnessed or participated in regarding the president's plan to obstruct or impede the counting of electoral votes.'
They said they also wanted to speak with her about Donald Trump's response to the insurrection. They referenced a tweet Donald Trump sent at 2:24 that day where he said Pence 'didn't have the courage' to do what needed to be done.
'We are particularly interested in discussions inside the White House and with the President before and after his 2:24 p.m. tweet. Testimony obtained by the Select Committee indicates that members of the White House staff requested your assistance on multiple occasions to intervene in an attempt to persuade President Trump to address the ongoing lawlessness and violence on Capitol Hill,' the panel wrote to Ivanka.
The panel also noted General Keith Kellogg, who served as a national security adviser in the Trump administration, told them he had 'very strongly' recommended that Trump not do a live television statement on that day 'because press conferences get out of control and you want to control the message.'
'Apparently, certain White House staff believed that a live unscripted press appearance by the President in the midst of the Capitol Hill violence could have made the situation worse,' the panel noted.
President Trump ultimately filmed a video statement from the Rose Garden that was posted online. He reporatedly had to do multiple takes to get one staff would post.
'You have knowledge bearing directly on the president's actions or inactions on January 6th and his state of mind as the violent attack occurred at the Capitol. The Select Committee would very much appreciate your voluntary cooperation with its investigation on these matters.'
Rep. Bennie Thompson (center), chair of the select committee investigating the January 6 attack, said the panel wants to hear from Ivanka Trump
Jared Kushner in Miami on Wednesday - Ivanka and Jared moved to Florida after the end of the Trump administration
Rep. Liz Cheney, the Republican vice chair of the panel, hinted to ABC News last month that Ivanka was on the list of people the panel wanted to speak with.
'I think it's also important for the American people to understand how dangerous Donald Trump was,' Cheney said.
'We know [House GOP] Leader [Kevin] McCarthy was pleading with him to do that. We know members of his family, we know his daughter,' she continued. 'We have firsthand testimony that his daughter Ivanka went in at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence.'
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