Ivanka Trump helped secure pardons and commutations for more than 140 people in her father’s final days in office and she could advocate criminal justice reform in a new foray into politics.
“It would not be surprising if it is among the causes she advocates in her next chapter,” a source close to former President Trump’s eldest daughter told Axios.
Trump made headlines for his 11-hour pardons, which included some people convicted of non-violent crimes and certain allies of the president, such as Steve Bannon and Charles Kushner, Ivanka’s father-in-law.
Sources say that both Ivanka and Jared Kushner aggressively pressured their father while he made his final decisions about who to grant clemency.
They say she attended meetings in the Oval Office and made calls from the West Wing, staying at the White House until 8:30 pm on the eve of President Biden’s inauguration to mend the final list of pardons and commutations.
The list was released after 1 am on the day of investiture. That day, Ivanka spent hours calling the families of those for whom she stood up.
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Ivanka worked with several non-governmental organizations that brought non-political apologies to her attention, according to Axios, and one of those groups, # Cut50, said she was her point of contact at the White House.
Ivanka has “been involved in criminal justice issues for a long time, since the First Step Act,” said Mark Holden, chairman of the board of Americans for Prosperity, Axios. “It would be great if she could keep doing this … We need all the help we can get.”
Holden said he was not sure why the White House forgave Trump’s allies like Bannon and Elliot Broidy, but emphasized that they “were not the people we were working with or trying to get clemency for.”
Among those Ivanka pressed were Kyler Kimoto, who was convicted of involvement in a telemarketing scam that stole $ 43 million; April Coots and Charles Fragoso, both convicted of non-violent drug offenses; Michael Harris, convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder; and Chalana McFarland, convicted of money laundering and bank fraud.
Ivanka rejected rumors that she intends to launch a primary challenge against Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., In 2022. Bannon recommended that she do this in a recent podcast.
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“The second most fire-breathing populist in the White House was Ivanka Trump,” said the former aide to the president.
If Rubio voted to certify the election of President Biden (which he did), Bannon said: “I strongly believe and strongly recommend that Ivanka Trump immediately … file and run for Senate and Marco Rubio in Florida.”
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