Ivanka Trump takes unpaid White House gig

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka has confirmed she has taken on an unpaid informal advisory role at the White House.

Ivanka Trump

Source: Bloomberg

Ivanka Trump says she will work in the White House in an unpaid, informal advisory role to the president as she seeks to allay ethics concerns about working there.

"I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House office, subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees," she said in a statement on Wednesday.

Questions about possible conflicts of interest arose after it was announced on March 20 that Trump, 35, would become an informal adviser to her father, President Donald Trump, with an office in the West Wing.

She has been an increasingly influential adviser to the president and her husband, Jared Kushner, is a powerful Trump adviser.


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Published 30 March 2017 10:48am
Updated 30 March 2017 11:15am
Source: AAP


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