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in new york where president elect on offer has announced plans to hire his son in law as a senior adviser. it is hardly surprising that he wa nts to it is hardly surprising that he wants to keepjared kushner close to his side. it is a jockey has a really been doing for many months, helping to prepare mr trump to the white house but by making the post official, the president elect may be opening a legal can of worms. there is an anti nepotism law that prevents government officials to appointing relatives of official positions but a lot of experts say that does not apply to the white house. it was introduced whenjohn f. kennedy wanted to appoint his brother to attorney general and it was also a cause of contention when president bill clinton tried to appoint hillary clinton, his wife, to oversee his healthcare reform. we are ina to oversee his healthcare reform. we are in a very grey area here. it does, of course look not very appropriate to most people and races appropr ....
but by making the post official, the president elect may be opening a legal can of worms. my colleague jane o brien is in washington. she told newsday more about the potential appointment and what could stop it. there is an anti nepotism law that prevents government officials from appointing their relatives to official positions, but a lot of experts say that does not apply to the white house. it was introduced when john f kennedy wanted to appoint his brother to attorney general, and it was also a cause of contention when president bill clinton tried to appoint hillary clinton, his wife, of course, to oversee his healthcare reform. they ended up being sued. but the result of that case was all a bit inconclusive. so, we are in a very, very grey area here. but it does, of course, look not very appropriate to most people and raises a number of ethical questions of, whether it is illegal or not, he is still going to have to confront. ethical questions, potential conflicts ....
president elect donald trump has announced plans to hire his son in law as a senior adviser. jared kushner was part of donald trump s campaign team and helped propel him to the white house during the campaign. democrats immediately called for a review of the appointment, citing nepotism laws and potential conflicts. but members of mr trump s team have argued that a law barring officials from giving governmentjobs to relatives does not apply to white house positions. bill hayton reports. never centrestage but rarely for away, jared kushner was a key figure behind donald trump s election campaign and since november behind the transition team. lawyers have been working out how relative of the president with huge business interests can work in the white house. mr kushner is expected to step down from his property company and put other legal safeguards in place. he has been part of the trump family since marrying the president elect daughter, ivanka, seven president elect da ....
to hire his son in law as a senior adviser. jared kushner was part of donald trump s campaign team and helped propel him to the white house during the campaign. democrats immediately called for a review of the appointment, citing nepotism laws and potential conflicts. but members of mr trump s team have argued that a law barring officials from giving governmentjobs to relatives does not apply to white house positions. bill hayton reports. never centrestage but rarely far away, jared kushner was a key figure behind donald trump s election campaign and, since november, behind the transition team. while he s been strategizing in trump tower, lawyers have been working out how a relative of the president, with huge business interests, can work in the white house. mr kushner is expected to step down from his multi billion dollar property company and put other legal safeguards in place. he has been part of the trump family since marrying the president elect‘s daughter, ivank ....
announced plans to hire his son in law as a senior adviser. jared kushner was part of donald trump s campaign team and helped propel him to the white house during the campaign. democrats immediately called for a review of the appointment, citing nepotism laws and potential conflicts. but members of mr trump s team have argued that a law barring officials from giving governmentjobs to relatives does not apply to white house positions. bill hayton reports. never centrestage but rarely far away, jared kushner was a key figure behind donald trump s election campaign and, since november, behind the transition team. while he s been strategizing in trump tower, lawyers have been working out how a relative of the president, with huge business interests, can work in the white house. mr kushner is expected to step down from his multi billion dollar property company and put other legal safeguards in place. he has been part of the trump family since marrying the president elect‘s ....