Donald Trump has rebuked his daughter Ivanka after she told January 6 committee she didn’t believe his claims that the 2020 election was stolen, claiming his daughter had already “checked out” before the election.
The former president also raged at his former Attorney General Bill Barr for turning on him during the insurrection investigation.
On Thursday night, the House panel played parts of their interview with Mr. Barr, who said that Mr. Trump’s false claims of fraud were “bulls***” and that he didn’t want to be “a part of it”.
“I had three discussions with the president that I can recall,” Mr Barr told the committee. “One was on November 23, one was on December 1, and one on December 14, and I’ve been through sort of the give and take of those discussions and in that context, I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which I told the president was bulls***,” he added during the prerecorded interview first shared with the public on Thursday night.
“And I didn’t want to be a part of it and that’s one of the reasons that went into me deciding to leave when I did. I observed, I think it was December 1, you know, he can’t live in a world where the incumbent administration stays in power based on its view, unsupported by specific evidence that there was fraud in the election,” he added.
Ivanka, one of her father’s most trusted advisors, also told the panel that she didn’t think the 2020 election was stolen, saying that what Mr. Barr told her about the election changed her point of view.
“It affected my perspective,” she told the committee. “I respect Attorney General Barr so I accepted what he said.”
Reacting on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Friday morning, June 10, Trump said: “Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results. 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!).”
Mr. Trump also slammed Mr. Barr on Truth Social.
“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,”Mr Trump wrote.
“How do you not get impeached? Do nothing, or say nothing, especially about the obviously rigged and 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, and they left him alone. It worked for him, but not for our Country!” Mr Trump added.
In a second post, Mr Trump wrote that Mr Barr “was a coward who would not let his US Attorney in Philadelphia, where election fraud was rampant, to even think about looking at it … I believe that by their inaction, others were told this also!”
“The so-called ‘Rush on the Capitol’ was not caused by me, it was caused by a Rigged and Stolen Election!” Mr. Trump claimed.
“I NEVER said, or even thought of saying, ‘Hang Mike Pence’. This is either a made-up story by somebody looking to become a star, or FAKE NEWS!” Mr Trump wrote regarding evidence that he reacted positively to the chants of his supporters to hang the vice president for refusing to help to overturn the election.
“Many people spoke to me about the Election results, both pro and con, but I never wavered one bit – follow the facts and proof. The 2020 Presidential Election was Rigged and Stolen…And look at our Country now – not pretty!!!” Mr Trump posted on Truth Social, repeating his false claims of election fraud.
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