Ivanka Trump is following in her father's footsteps to the presidency

Ivanka Trump used her White House status during her father's administration to help secure more than 140 pardons and reliefs for victims of unfair trials and advocate for social justice, and now she's planning her political resurgence by shed Highlight the merits of some pardons to which they have contributed.

While President Trump's eldest daughter refuses to talk that she is planning a campaign against Republican Senator Marco Rubio, criminal justice reform is a bipartisan issue, and she plans to focus on it in her future endeavours.

"It wouldn't be surprising if she was among the reasons she champions in the next chapter," a source close to Ivanka told Axios. Behind the scenes, President Trump made headlines during his final days in office with a raft of pardons, including last-minute pardons for the ex-husband of Fox News anchor Jeanine Pirro.

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Several sources said that Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, put pressure on her father over the issue. Ivanka has attended many Oval Office meetings and made calls from empty offices in the West Wing. The night before Joe Biden's inauguration, she remained in the White House until about 8:30 p.m., as she and other senior officials were arguing over a controversial 11-hour pardon for the president's allies like Steve Bannon and Elliot Broidy.

Once the final list was released — after XNUMX a.m. on inauguration day — she spent the next two hours contacting the families of those she advocated for. Then her father gave his final speech as president before flying to Florida on his last flight on Air Force One.

Ivanka worked closely with a series of NGOs such as cut50, which brought specific non-political issues to their attention.

Mark Holden, president of Americans for Prosperity, told Axios that Ivanka "has been very involved in criminal justice issues for a long time, going back to the First Step Act. It's great that you keep doing that. We need all the help we can get.”

Holden added that he wasn't sure what prompted the administration to grant political amnesty to Trump allies like Bannon and Broidy, but "they weren't the people we were working with or trying to get."

Jessica Jackson, co-founder of #Cut50, said she has worked with Ivanka Trump on a number of non-political pardons and mitigations, and that she has become the right person in the White House on the issue.