Mary Trump, niece and vocal critic of former president Donald Trump, stated on Sunday that her uncle is considering in his finest curiosity after the January 6 Committee requested an affidavit from his daughter Ivanka.
"She's in a really dangerous scenario, as a result of she should perceive that if Donald feels it is necessary, he'll cease defending her," Mary Trump stated of her cousin Ivanka Trump throughout an interview on MSNBC.
The 56-year-old psychologist famous that Ivanka Trump, who labored as a senior adviser to her father's administration, may have doubtlessly "damning" details about the Capitol assault on January 6, 2021.
On Thursday, the Home choose committee investigating the Capitol riot despatched a letter requesting a voluntary interview with Ivanka Trump. Committee chair Bennie Thompson wrote within the letter that she was in direct contact together with her father on that day.
The ex-president on Friday slammed the committee for looking for his daughter's testimony and informed The Washington Examiner that "it is a very unfair scenario for my kids."
"It is a shame, what is going on on," he added. "They're utilizing these items to attempt to get folks's minds off how incompetently our nation is being run. They usually do not care. They will go after kids."
Mary Trump prompt that her uncle solely made these remarks to guard himself, not his daughter.
"The entire 'she must be protected as a result of she's his youngster' is absurd," Mary Trump stated, including her uncle is aware of his 40-year-old daughter might need info that might be helpful to the committee.
MSNBC host Alex Witt requested Mary Trump, "You do not suppose there's any probability that he [Donald Trump] would step ahead and say 'OK, I will take the warmth in an effort to defend my children'? That will by no means occur?"
"No," Mary Trump responded. "Donald will throw anyone underneath the bus if he believes it is in his finest curiosity to take action. If he believes that it'll assist him keep away from accountability. That is all he cares about."
"She has info that the American folks deserve. She labored for the American folks, not for her father," Mary Trump continued. "She owes the committee truthfulness about what occurred that day."
Mary Trump additionally famous that Ivanka Trump can also be considering in her finest curiosity and making a "calculation" just like her father's that "will assist her in the long term."
"She is aware of she has to return down on the fitting facet of issues or she'll proceed to remain her father's ally, and must see how that performs out," she stated.
Newsweek contacted Trump's workplace for feedback and can replace this story when a response is acquired.
Individually, Mary Trump criticized remarks her uncle made in December through the "Historical past Tour" in Texas when he stated there was "love in that crowd." The previous president was referring to the Cease the Steal rally earlier than the Capitol assault.
"I actually don't imagine that Donald Trump understands what love is, what it appears like to like any person or to be liked, as a result of no one who does perceive that idea may probably equate the violence, the vitriol, the racism, the anti-American sentiments that had been expressed on January 6 throughout that violent rebel, may probably confuse it with something resembling love," she stated.
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