Democracy 21 Commends Ivanka Trump for Changing Position, Agreeing to Become White House Employee

 

On March 23, Democracy 21, joined by CREW and the Campaign Legal Center, wrote to White House Counsel Donald McGahn and challenged the arrangement he had approved with regard to Ivanka Trump working in the White House.

Under the arrangement approved by Mr. McGahn, Ms. Trump would have had the privileges and opportunities for public service that come with being a White House employee. But Ms. Trump would not have become a White House employee and therefore would not have been subject to the ethics and conflicts of interest rules that apply to other White House employees.

Democracy 21 commends Ms. Trump for now changing her position and agreeing to become a White House employee.

This means that like other White House employees, Ms. Trump now will be required to file Form 278 financial disclosure reports with the Office of Government Ethics and be required to comply with the financial conflict of interest rules found in section 208 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code.

Democracy 21 praises Ms. Trump for her decision, which recognizes that it would have been wrong for her to function as a White House employee and not be subject to the same rules that apply to other White House employees.