Ivanka Trump testifes to US Capitol assault probe
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Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump was testifying Tuesday before the probe into the 2021 Capitol assault, as lawmakers ramped up attempts to seek evidence from the inner circle of the former president.The House January 6 select committee had asked the 40-year-old businesswoman -- a senior advisor to her father -- to appear voluntarily, telling her it had evidence that she had pleaded with him to call off the violence as his supporters stormed Congress. Investigators are looking into how the attack, which shut down Congress as lawmakers were certifying the 2020 presidential election, took place and to what extent then-president Trump and his aides had a part in encouraging it.The committee didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the former first daughter's appearance, but Thompson told CNN the session had begun in the morning and was "still going on" by mid-afternoon "She's answering questions. I mean, you know, not in a broad, chatty term, but she's answering questions," he said. The former administration official appears to have direct knowledge of her father's attempt to persuade then-vice president Mike Pence to stop the counting of electoral votes, the committee said when it asked her to come forward."One of the president's discussions with the vice president occurred by phone on the morning of January 6," Thompson said in his letter."You were present in the Oval Office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation."