Ivanka Trump thought she could avoid being dragged into the numerous criminal investigations into her father and his failed, one-term presidential administration by simply retreating from the spotlight, moving to a gated community in Miami, and swearing off politics forever, she can think again.The former first daughter and her loser husband, Jared, who both served as senior advisors in the Trump White House, were just slapped with subpoenas from special counsel Jack Smith ordering them to testify before a federal grand jury about Donald Trump‘s failed coup on January 6, 2021.Gulp.Per The New York Times:The decision by the special counsel, Jack Smith, to subpoena Ms.
Trump and Mr. Kushner underscores how deeply into Mr. Trump’s inner circle Mr. Smith is reaching, and is the latest sign that no potential high-level witness is off limits.The disclosure about the subpoena comes two weeks after it was revealed that Mr.
Smith had subpoenaed former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before the grand jury. Mr. Pence plans to fight the subpoena, invoking his role as the president of the Senate to argue that it violates the “speech or debate” clause of the Constitution.Smith was appointed special counsel last November by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
He’s been tasked with overseeing two ongoing DOJ criminal investigations into Donald Trump: the first is the ex-president’s alleged mishandling of government records, including classified documents, and the second is his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S.