Ivanka Trump: Whistleblower's ID irrelevant to impeachment

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Last Updated : Nov 08 2019 | 6:20 PM IST

Ivanka Trump on Friday echoed her father's view that the House impeachment investigation is an attempt to overturn the 2016 election. But, in an interview, she parted ways with President Donald Trump by calling the identity of the impeachment whistleblower "not particularly relevant."
"The whistleblower shouldn't be a substantive part of the conversation," she told The Associated Press, saying the person "did not have firsthand information."
She added that, "to me, it's not particularly relevant aside from what the motivation behind all of this was." In a wide-ranging, 25-minute interview, Ivanka Trump also addressed her family's criticism of Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, whether she wants four more years in the White House and the possible future sale of her family's landmark Washington hotel, which she helped develop and referred to as "my baby."

"Basically since the election, this has been the experience that our administration and our family has been having," Ivanka Trump said of persistent criticism of the president. "Rather than wait, under a year, until the people can decide for themselves based on his record and based on his accomplishments, this new effort has commenced."
While her brothers Don Jr. and Eric have been vocal critics of the impeachment inquiry, Ivanka Trump has largely stayed out of the discussion. She did recently tweet a quote from Thomas Jefferson about the "enemies and spies" who surrounded him and added that "some things never change, dad."
She rejected any suggestion that her own family has been profiting off the presidency even as President Trump and his allies have criticized the involvement of

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First Published: Nov 08 2019 | 6:20 PM IST

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