Former US president Donald Trump has hit back at his daughter Ivanka, saying she had "checked out" on election issues, after she rejected his claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
A probe into the January 6 riot at the US Capitol this week aired previously unseen recorded testimony from Ms Trump, in which she said she did not believe her father's false claims he had won the election.
In the recording from April, Ms Trump said she believed then attorney-general William Barr's assessment that there was no significant evidence of electoral fraud.
In a post on social media platform, Mr Trump downplayed his daughter's involvement in his election campaign despite her being one of his closest allies during his presidency.
"Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, election results," he said.
Reuters has contacted Ms Trump for comment.
The House committee investigating the riot made a splash during its first public hearing on Friday.
Text messages, emails and previously secret video recordings of witness testimony were produced and presented to the audience including video clips of Ms Trump, chief of staff Mark Meadows and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Mark Milley.
The video clips revealed many of Mr Trump's closest advisers knew he had lost the election.
Committee vice-chair Liz Cheney said the next hearing would show that Mr Trump knew he had lost the election and went on to engage in a "massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information".
The next two hearings are scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, and Thursday, June 16, at midnight AEST.
A fourth will happen on Friday, June 17, at 3am AEST, with several more expected in June, running between 90 minutes and two and a half hours each.
The final instalment will likely be aired in September — ahead of the release of the committee's final report and November's midterm elections.
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