According to Axios.com, earlier Republicans had urged Ivanka to run, promising that Florida Republicans would support her more than they do Rubio, the state’s current senator, who, on Jan. 6 of this year, certified the swing state’s Electoral College votes in favor of Biden against the will of the voters; but Ivanka said she would not challenge Rubio and would instead consider pushing for U.S. criminal justice reform.
A source very close to Ivanka said, “If Ivanka pushes for criminal justice reform next, no one should be surprised by that.”
Several sources said the pardons announced by Trump at 1 a.m. on Jan. 20, which pardoned 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 others, were made possible by Ivanka and her son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who had pushed hard for them, the newspaper said.
They said that on the evening of Jan. 19, Ivanka and senior Trump Administration officials discussed until 8:30 p.m. the pardons, including former Trump White House chief strategist and Trump ally Steve Bannon and former Trump fundraiser Elliot Broidy.
After Trump announced the pardons at 1 a.m. on Jan. 20, Ivanka spent another two hours informing the families of those pardoned of the good news, only stopping the call as she prepared to go to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to see Trump off on his return to California.
In response, Americans for Prosperity Board President Mark Holden said Ivanka has been very interested in criminal justice reform in the U.S. while in the White House, saying, “Since President Trump signed the 2018 pardon law, we’ve been able to get a lot of people on the phone. Ivanka has been very interested in criminal justice issues since President Trump signed the first Step act, the prison reform bill, in 2018,” he said, adding that he very much hopes Ivanka will continue to do so, he said, “because we need all the help we can get. “
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