Washington (CNN)Ivanka Trump spoke out for the first time against embattled Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of pursuing sexual relationships with teenagers when he was in his early thirties. Her father,
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has largely stayed mum on the issue.
"There's a special place in hell for people who prey on children," Trump told
The Associated Press in an interview otherwise focused on tax reform published Wednesday.
"I've yet to see a valid explanation and I have no reason to doubt the victims' accounts," the first daughter and presidential adviser said.