Donald Trump faces a challenging week dealing with personal issues as a House committee on Jan. 6 holds a new hearing aimed at shedding light on the former president’s actions on the day of the Capitol riot.
Virginia Rep. Elaine Luria, a member of the House Jan. 6 Committee, said new witnesses are expected to testify this week, according to a Politico report.
In addition, the funeral of Trump’s ex-wife Ivana should take place on Wednesday.
Ivana Trump, the mother of three of Donald Trump’s children, died of “blunt force trauma to the torso” sustained during an accidental fall at her Manhattan home last Thursday.
Her funeral will be held Wednesday at a historic Catholic church in the Upper East Side neighborhood where she lived, according to a New York Post report.
The death of Ivana Trump led to the postponement of the deposition of Donald Trump and his two oldest children. That testimony is part of a civil investigation by the New York state attorney general into potential financial fraud by the Trump Organization, according to a Forbes report.
On Sunday, Luria said new witnesses who will attend the committee’s eighth and final scheduled public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 6, will shed more light on Trump’s role in last year’s storming of the Capitol.
“There are other witnesses that we have spoken to who have not yet appeared in our previous hearings that will add a lot of value and information to the events of this critical moment on January 6,” the Democratic congresswoman said on the State of Union’ on CNN.
She continued, “I’ll tell you this [they are] people who were in the White House, people who were close to the president, and also people who had insight into the actions that were going on in different ways that they were trying to control the violence and stop what happening in the Capitol.”
Luria said the panel at Thursday’s hearing will review a “minute-by-minute” timeline of what Trump was doing during the riot.
“He did not act. He is obliged to act. So we’re going to look at this in a lot of detail. And from that we will build on the information we provided in the previous hearings.”
Following the news of Ivana Trump’s death, the former president took to his social network, Truth Social, to express his grief. He also canceled his rally in Arizona because of the news.
“I am very saddened to inform all who loved her, and there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York,” he wrote.
“She was a wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman who led a great and inspiring life.
“Her pride and joy were her three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric. She was so proud of them as we were all so proud of her. Rest in peace, Ivana!”
According to an invitation obtained by the New York Post, the service at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be a celebration of life.
Delaney Kempner, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Letitia James, said in a statement that the former president’s lawyer had requested a postponement of the testimony after Ivana Trump’s death.
“We extend our condolences to the Trump family,” Kempner added, according to an Associated Press report.
But James’ office said the testimony would be rescheduled as soon as possible. Donald Trump may get the news of the rescheduled date this week.
James alleged that the former president’s company, the Trump Organization, inflated the value of skyscrapers, golf courses and other properties to obtain loans, insurance and other perks.
Trump denied the allegations, saying it was common in the real estate industry to seek the best appraisals.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the keynote address to the Faith and Freedom Coalition during its annual Pathway to Majority Politics conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center on June 17, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. Trump faces a tough week with new witnesses on Jan. 6 and the funeral of his ex-wife Ivana. Set Herald/Getty
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