- The January 6 committee sent a letter to Ivanka Trump on Thursday asking for her voluntary cooperation with its probe.
- Ivanka was a White House senior advisor under the Trump administration.
- She reportedly tried to get her father to stop the violence as rioters stormed the Capitol.
The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot on Thursday requested former President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump to voluntarily meet with the panel and provide information for its probe.
Ivanka served as a White House senior advisor during Trump's tenure, and reportedly tried on multiple occasions to get her father to stop the violence as rioters stormed the Capitol.
"The Committee has information suggesting that White House staff and others were attempting to persuade President Trump to halt his statements regarding a 'stolen election' and were working directly with other supporters outside the White House in an effort to persuade President Trump to do so," panel chair Rep. Bennie Thompson wrote in a letter to Ivanka Trump.
"The Select Committee would like to discuss this effort after January 6th to persuade President Trump not to associate himself with certain people, and to avoid further discussion regarding election fraud allegations," he added.
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