Donald Trump Jnr interviewed by panel investigating US Capitol riot

Donald Trump Jnr was interviewed as part of a House select committee’s investigation of last year’s riot at the US Capitol, the latest member of former president Donald Trump’s family to be questioned.

The private, virtual session lasted between two and three hours, according to a person familiar with the matter. The younger Trump appeared voluntarily and was not under subpoena, the person added.

Trump Jnr’s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, spoke to the committee’s staffers last month. So did the former president’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who was an adviser to her father.

The committee had already revealed it has possession of text messages between Donald Jnr, the former president’s eldest son and then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 6, 2021, the day of the riot.

In one exchange, Trump Jnr tells Meadows that his father must condemn the violence. “The Capitol Police tweet is not enough”.

Meadows responded: “I’m pushing it hard. I agree”.