美国广播公司新闻网(ABC News)证实,前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的长女伊万卡·特朗普(Donald Trump)正在1月6日与众议院特别委员会(House select committee)就会面进行积极对话,进行自愿采访,这是特朗普家族成员首次在传票之外进行自愿谈判。
特朗普的一名女发言人周三在一份声明中证实,“伊万卡·特朗普正在与委员会讨论自愿接受采访。”。
2021年1月6日上午,在总统向支持者发表演讲后,国会大厦遭到袭击,伊万卡·特朗普是总统在白宫西翼的少数助手之一。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统看着女儿伊万卡·特朗普在竞选活动中讲话...
伊万卡可能的合作正值美国广播公司新闻此前报道称,该委员会正在与特朗普律师鲁迪·朱利安尼积极谈判参加面试和委员会一起。
朱利安尼上个月被委员会传唤,本应在二月初参加面试。然而,那次面谈被推迟了。
“朱利安尼先生的露面是在他的要求下重新安排的,”一名委员会助手2月13日告诉美国广播公司新闻。"他仍被传唤,特别委员会希望他能全力配合。"
前总统身边很少有人自愿同意在众议院委员会作证调查国会大厦袭击事件这导致五人死亡,数百人受伤,其中包括100多名警察。
特朗普本人曾表示,该委员会正被用来“迫害他们的政治对手”,他们的要求“没有法律或现实依据”。
最近几周,众议院委员会传唤了几名与总统关系密切的人,包括朱利安尼和特朗普的律师们詹娜·埃利斯和西德尼·鲍威尔,顾问彼得·纳瓦罗,共和党特工亚瑟·施瓦茨、安德鲁·苏拉比安和白宫演讲稿撰写人罗斯·沃星顿。
委员会已经也请求发言与总统的亲密盟友、俄亥俄州共和党众议员吉姆·乔丹(Jim Jordan)在国会大厦骚乱当天进行了交谈。
特朗普总统的长期顾问史蒂夫·班农甚至无视传票,在委员会作证被指控藐视国会罪的指控。
Ivanka Trump in discussions with Jan. 6 committee for voluntary interview
Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of former President Donald Trump, is in active conversations with the House select committee on Jan. 6 about meeting for a voluntary interview, ABC News has confirmed, marking the first time a member of the Trump family has engaged in voluntary negotiations outside of a subpoena.
"Ivanka Trump is in discussions with the committee to voluntarily appear for an interview," a spokeswoman for Trump confirmed in a statement Wednesday.
Ivanka Trump was one of a small handful of aides with the president inside the West Wing as the Capitol was under attack following his speech to supporters on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021.
Ivanka's possible cooperation comes as ABC News has previously reported the committee is in active negotiations with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani about alsoappearing for an interviewwith the committee.
Giuliani was subpoenaed by the committee last month and was supposed to sit for an interview in early February. However, that interview was postponed.
"Mr. Giuliani's appearance was rescheduled at his request," a committee aide told ABC News Feb. 13. "He remains under subpoena and the select committee expects him to cooperate fully."
Few people in the former president's immediate sphere have voluntarily agreed to testify before the House committee, which isinvestigating the Capitol attackthat led to the death of five people and hundreds more injured, including more than 100 police officers.
Trump himself has said the committee is being used to "persecute their political opponents" and that their requests are "not based in law or reality."
The House committee has subpoenaed several people close to the president in recent weeks, includingGiuliani and fellow Trump lawyersJenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, adviserPeter Navarro,GOP operativesArthur Schwartz and Andrew Surabian and White House speechwriter Ross Worthington.
The committee hasalso requested to speakwith Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a close ally of the president, who spoke with him on the day of the Capitol riot.
Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to President Trump, went as far as to defy a subpoena to appear before the committee andwas indicted on chargesof criminal contempt of Congress in November.