Wednesday, July 3, 2024 -Ivanka Trump broke her silence regarding her father’s recent hush money criminal conviction during a podcast appearance released Tuesday, July 2.
The former US First Daughter and White
House staffer said the experience has been agonizing.
"On a human level, it’s my
father and I love him very much, so it’s painful to experience, but ultimately,
I wish it didn’t have to be this way," she said on "The Lex Fridman
Podcast."
In May, ex-President Donald Trump
was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business
records in his New York trial related to a dalliance with adult film star
Stormy Daniels, and his efforts to cover up payments made to keep her quiet.
However, sentencing in the case
was delayed until September following the Supreme
Court’s controversial ruling regarding presidential immunity earlier
this week.
Ivanka Trump worked in the White
House during her father’s time in office but has said she is stepping away from
politics, which she described as a "rough, rough business."
She reiterated those sentiments in
Tuesday’s interview.
She said: "It was a decision
rooted in me being a parent, really thinking about what (my children) need from
me now.
"Politics is a rough business
and I think it’s one that you also can’t dabble in, I think you have to be
either all in or all out."
Ivanka, who has not been a public presence
as her dad seeks reelection, added it could be very hard on her kids to get
fully involved in the campaign and that she’s "not willing to make them
bear that cost."
ways you can serve, the enormity, the
scale of what can be accomplished in government service, but I think there’s
something equally valuable in helping in your own community," she added.
Trump also faces criminal charges related to election interference
stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and mishandling of
classified documents, as well as separate election interference charges in
Georgia.
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