Source: Jared Kushner to Serve as Trump Senior Adviser
Source: NBC NEWS
President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will be named senior adviser to the president, a senior transition official confirms to NBC News.
Kushner was an influential behind the scenes confidant to his father-in-law throughout the 2016 campaign. But a number of legal questions complicate his potential role in the incoming administration.
"Mr. Kushner is committed to complying with federal ethics laws and we have been consulting with the Office of Government Ethics regarding the steps he would take," Kushner's lawyer said in a statement to NBC News.
Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump. His new role was first reported by Axio
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/source-jared-kushner-serve-trump-senior-adviser-n704786
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)blueseas
(11,575 posts)We should call our congress people.
WHO is really going to be president?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)elleng
(130,948 posts)Jared Kushner, President-elect Donald J. Trumps son-in-law, is to be named senior adviser to the president.
■ Mr. Trump, after an intelligence report concluded that Russia tried to help him get elected, is going after ... Meryl Streep.
■ A Trump fib: You cant buy a dress in Washington for the inauguration.
■ The president-elect takes credit for a $1 billion Fiat-Chrysler investment in the United States. . .
The rumored post has focused attention on Mr. Kushners myriad potential conflicts of interest, including a Chinese development deal thats in the works. Then theres the issue of whether a son-in-law in the West Wing violates antinepotism laws.'
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html?
LaydeeBug
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underpants
(182,823 posts)blueseas
(11,575 posts)was an advisor, how many does he need?
Retrograde
(10,137 posts)who tells him what he wants to hear.
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)Our Country Is Fucked...