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Inside Ivanka Trump's emerging role as Donald's fiercest public defender

• https://www.dailymail.co, By EMILY GOODIN

The former first daughter will attend the Republican National Convention next week, a source close to her told DailyMail.com, but she will be there in a personal capacity to support her father.

She will be there on Thursday, July 18, to see Donald Trump formally accept the nomination. However, Ivanka 'will not serve in any political capacity at the event as a delegate, fundraiser or otherwise,' the source said.

Other Trump family members are expected to be in attendance. Meanwhile, Ivanka sat down for a one-hour on camera interview last week, where, among other topics, she expressed her support for Donald Trump.

Ivanka's decision is in stark contrast to the 2020 election when she introduced her father at that year's convention. She was also heavily involved in the 2016 convention.

But she has done a 180 on politics since Donald Trump lost that contest. 

Ivanka opened up about her decision to leave politics in a rare interview.  In an hour-long interview with Lex Fridman, she said she wanted to spend more time with her three children and, after four years of serving in her father's White House, felt like she 'left it all on the field.'

'I spent four years in Washington. I feel like I left it all on the field. I feel really good about it and I feel really privileged to have  been able to do what I did,' she said.

She said, however, she is father's top supporter, as the former president battles multiple legal cases.

'On a human level, it's my father and I love him very much, so it's painful to experience, but ultimately, I wish it didn't have to be this way,' she said.

Ivanka was a senior advisor in Trump's administration from 2017 until 2021, but she  has not been heavily involved in his second bid for the White House.