Democrats Demanding Ethics Office Turn Over Documents on Ivanka Trump’s White House Hiring

Earlier this week, Ivanka Trump officially became a federal employee, as she assumes an unpaid role in President Trump’s White House. Ivanka was deeply involved in her father’s 2016 presidential campaign, and will assume the role as a close adviser to the president on a variety of policy issues important to her.

While many Americans praised Ivanka’s role in her father’s administration, Democrats predictably are crying foul over her hiring, and are demanding answers on how she will avoid conflicts of interest as a government employee.

Lead by far-left Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrats sent a letter to the Office of Government Ethics commenting that Ivanka Trump’s “increasing, albeit unspecified, White House role … [has] resulted in substantial confusion. We write today to request information about the ethics rules that President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, will be required to comply with, or has indicated she will voluntarily comply with, in her role as an advisor to the President.”

From The Hill:

They also want to know how OGE will make sure the first daughter complies with ethics rules. The letter comes as Ivanka Trump’s influence in the White House appears to be on the rise. She is poised to get an office in the West Wing and was invited to attend the W20 summit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two senators want to know if OGE has provided guidance, or if the White House has asked for guidance, on what ethics rules apply to Ivanka Trump, and if OGE or White House legal counsel could take disciplinary actions against the president’s elder daughter, who isn’t a government employee.

They also want to know who, if anyone, was involved in deciding what role Ivanka Trump would play in the White House, and if OGE was involved in the decision.

Democrats are so invested in destroying President Trump and his agenda, they will try and prevent a highly-qualified and successful woman from being an important adviser in his administration. Regardless of what the president and his administration do, Democrats will attack and demean it, as they are more concerned about playing partisan politics than seeing our country prosper.

Ivanka, who many believe has views to the left of her father, should be someone that Democrats would want in the White House, but their hatred for her father means that the left must destroy her. Their ultimate goal is to try and pressure Ivanka to not work in the White House, but the president will likely never cave to the left’s demands.

Do you think the left’s criticism over Ivanka’s new White House role is really just a way of attacking her father? Share your thoughts below! 

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