At Thursday afternoon’s hearing, committee co-chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, played Barr’s video, which he submitted to the committee on Jan. 6, and made public comments in which he told Trump that his allegations were scam explained that his loss to Joe Biden was “bulls ***”. “I have repeatedly told the president without hesitation that I saw no evidence of fraud that would affect the outcome of the election,” Barr said in a statement. “And, honestly, a year and a half later, I’ve seen anything to change that.” The testimony given by Ivanka Trump is shown during the Select Committee hearing on Thursday night. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) Cheney then turned to what Ivanka Trump had said to the committee. “Many of President Trump’s staff in the White House also acknowledged that the evidence did not support President Trump’s allegations,” Cheney said. “This is the president’s daughter commenting on Bill Barr’s statement that the ministry did not find any fraud sufficient to overturn the election.” Then a video was heard with a question asked to Ivanka Trump by the committee staff. “How did this affect your prospects for the election, when Attorney General Bar made that statement?” asked the staff member. “It simply came to my notice then. “I respect Attorney General Bar, so I accepted what he was saying,” Ivanka Trump replied. On Wednesday, the New York Times published a news item detailing the attempt by Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kouchner, to “wash their hands” of the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. . Jared Kouchner as seen in the video submission of a select committee. (House TV via Reuters Video) Thursday’s video, however, was the first public screening of Ivanka Trump’s assessment of the election results and their legitimacy. Cheney played another video questioning Kouchner about threats by former White House adviser Patrick Shipolone to resign over Trump’s relentless campaign to block Biden’s victory. “I know he and the team always said, ‘Oh, we’re going to give up. “We will not be here if this happens, if this happens,” Kouchner testified. “And so, I thought it was just to whine, to be honest with you.”
