Ivanka Trump is reportedly still associating with his father, the former President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump recently stated that he expected to be arrested in connection with the investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney soon. He went on to call for protests as New York law enforcement prepares for a possible indictment. A photo of Donald Trump’s plane taking off to fly to New York for his arrest was also leaked.
The controversy sparked around the hush money payment that Cohen admitted that he made to Stormy Daniels during the fall of Trump’s 2016 White House bid to keep her from coming forward about an alleged affair she had with the then-candidate. Trump has denied the affair. Previously, TMZ reported that Daniels was experiencing the impact of Trump’s potential impending arrest and reportedly strengthening her security after receiving multiple threats.
Melania Trump dined with her husband very publicly last Thursday, hours after it was noted tha he would be indicted. That was the beginning and the end of Melania’s public show of support for her husband during this ordeal.
She did not release any public statement on his indictment, nor did she fly with him to New York for his arraignment (he was joined by Eric Trump and Diet Coke valet turned personal aide Walt Nauta). Melania didn’t even show up to Trump’s big post-arrest speech back at Mar-a-Lago, though she lives there.
And some other very important Trumps were missing from this lineup at Tuesday’s speech: Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner.
Tiffany Trump, who rarely involves herself in her father’s political career, made sure she was front row at the speech, but his eldest daughter/former White House adviser Ivanka was not present.
Shortly before the arraignment, “Page Six” reported that she followed up her impressively noncommittal statement on Trump’s indictment with a visit to Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. This was described as a “display of support” for her dad — though no one actually saw her there:
“The move to visit her father marked a seeming display of support for him privately — after she’d previously distanced herself from his latest White House campaign.
Ivanka, 41, managed to visit the club without being photographed.”
Ivanka may not want photographic evidence that she’s still associating with her dad, but someone in her orbit did offer the Post an explanation for her absence from Trump’s speech the following morning:
However, his eldest daughter Ivanka and her husband, who were his top White House advisers, were in Wyoming to celebrate Passover — a trip they’ve made in past years — as the Jewish holiday begins Wednesay, a source told The Post.
The former first daughter, who saw her father in person last week, and Kushner are “supporting him as family members in private,” the person familiar with their whereabouts said.
