Donald Trump is barely out the door of the White House, but at least one of his kids is apparently planning for a political return to Washington. That child, it should surprise exactly no one to learn, is favorite daughter Ivanka Trump. It was an unconventional move, of course, when both Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, secured jobs working in her father’s administration. While many questioned her qualifications for nabbing such a prominent role, the Trump family has continually praised Ivanka and the work they claim she has accomplished. To that end, per a recent Vanity Fair article, we’re learning that apparently Ivanka played a large role in helping secure presidential pardons during Trump’s final days in office and her involvement was yet another calculated step for her political comeback in the future.
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Ivanka Trump helped secure pardons and commutations for over 140 people in her father’s final days in office, and she could champion criminal justice reform in a new foray into politics. It would not be surprising if it’s among the causes she champions in her next chapter, a source close to former President Trump’s oldest daughter told Axios.
Trump made headlines for the 11th-hour pardons, which included some people convicted of nonviolent offenses and certain allies of the president, such as Steve Bannon and Charles Kushner, Ivanka’s father-in-law.
Ivanka s pardon push part of her reemergence plan
Ivanka Trump. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Ivanka Trump used her status to help obtain over 140 pardons and commutations for victims of injustice as well as her father’s cronies, and she s now plotting her political reemergence by highlighting the virtues of some of the clemency grants.
Why it matters: While President Trump s eldest daughter dismisses talk she is weighing a campaign against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), criminal justice reform is a popular, bipartisan issue to associate with as she plots her future endeavors.
“It would not be surprising if it’s among the causes she champions in her next chapter, a source close to Ivanka told Axios.
John Eligon and Annie Karni, The New York Times
Published: 23 Jan 2021 08:46 PM BdST
Updated: 23 Jan 2021 08:49 PM BdST President Donald Trump signs the First Step Act and the Juvenile Justice Reform Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Dec 21, 2018. Trump doled out pardons to political allies and friends. But mixed in as well were cases that helped people serving overly harsh sentences. (Tom Brenner/ For The New York Times)
Darrell Frazier believed he had found a path out of his life sentence in federal prison, with a president whose allies had advocated a broad use of pardons and a new clemency initiative. Frazier thought he seemed like a perfect candidate.
Florida businessman convicted of $1BILLION Medicare fraud spent NYE dancing at his daughter s wedding days after Trump commuted his 20-year prison sentence citing his declining health
Philip Esformes was among the slew of convicts pardoned by President Trump in the final days of his presidency
Esformes, 51, was convicted on 20 criminal counts in a $1billion Medicare fraud scheme in 2019
The healthcare executive was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only served 4
White House claimed the move had been supported by a number of former attorneys general and said Esformes is in declining health
Just days after his release, Esformes spent New Year s Eve dancing at his daughter Serena s wedding held in his backyard