Calls for Release of Ivanka Trump 6 Jan Texts as Lindsey Graham Links Her to Events

Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has handed the 6 January investigation panel a handful of text messages he received on the day of the Capitol riot. Among them were texts from Donald Trump Jr, several Fox News hosts, and other people, all of whom voiced concerns in regard to the Capitol breach, calling on Trump to denounce it.

Social media is being filled with calls for Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the former US president, to share her text messages from 6 January after Senator Lindsey Graham said he had tried to deliver a message to POTUS 45 through his daughter and then-adviser.

As the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot has been going through text messages handed over by former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows before the latter ceased cooperating, Graham said he was not among the people who had texted ex-White House top official. According to the senator, he tried to reach out to Donald Trump by other means, telling CNN's Manu Raju that he spoke with Ivanka, wanting her to urge then-President Trump to “tell his people to leave”.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said he didn’t text with Meadows on Jan. 6 —- but told me he spoke with Ivanka Trump to deliver a message to her dad. He said he wanted then-President Trump to “tell his people to leave.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 14, 2021

Graham's remarks immediately sparked a lot of curiosity among netizens about Ivanka's text messages on 6 January, along with her husband Jared Kushner, who served as Trump's senior adviser during his presidency.

BREAKING: Mark Meadows reveals that Ivanka was behind Trump's Bible photo op for which peaceful protestors were tear-gassed and assaulted to clear a path — she thought it would show "law and order" and please "people of faith." RT IF YOU THINK IVANKA MUST BE INVESTIGATED!

— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) December 14, 2021

Ivanka and Jared are mighty quiet these days.

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) December 14, 2021

I want to see what Jared and Ivanka were texting to Meadows.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 14, 2021

Ivanka Trump has been implicated in the Jan. 6 investigation by Lindsey Graham, who said he asked her to deliver a message to her father as Trump’s supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Who else wants to see Ivanka’s text messages from that day? ✋

— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) December 15, 2021

Reports suggesting that Graham contacted Ivanka on the day of the Capitol riot emerged earlier during the autumn, with The Washington Post rolling out a longread about the events and saying that Graham had urged Trump's daughter to get through to 45.

“You need to get these people out of here”, Mr Graham reportedly told her in a phone call. “This thing is going south. This is not good. You’re going to have to tell these people to stand down. Stand down”.

Meadows recently stopped cooperating with the House select committee, with the panel voting to hold him in contempt for refusing to comply with the subpoena. Before he stopped cooperating with the committee, he agreed to hand over some of his text messages from the ill-fated day.

According to the messages, one of Trump's kids reached out to the former president with calls to condemn the rioters: Donald Trump Jr.

"He has got to condemn this S**t Asap. The Capitol Police Tweet is not enough", Trump Jr told the former Chief of Staff, to which Meadows replied, "I'm pushing it hard. I agree".

On 6 January, Ivanka tweeted: "American Patriots - any security breach or disrespect to our law enforcement is unacceptable. The violence must stop immediately. Please be peaceful".

After receiving a wave of backlash over calling the rioters "patriots", Ivanka deleted the tweet. She later posted another tweet, condemning violence and denying referring to the rioters as "patriots".

No. Peaceful protest is patriotic. Violence is unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest terms. https://t.co/GwngZTqzTH

— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) January 6, 2021

Her most recent Twitter post as of Wednesday dates back to 5 May. She has not commented on the calls to release her 6 January text messages.