A White House Endorsement of Ivanka Trump's Products
What happened
promisedocumented At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
- Time: Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest2017-01-11 · Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Oversight Committee Requests Documents on Trump Organization's Treatment of Foreign Government Payments2017-04-21 · Bipartisan committee letter describing the January pledge and requesting implementation records
actiondocumented White House counselor Kellyanne Conway urged viewers to buy Ivanka Trump products during an interview from the White House briefing room.
- TIME: Federal Ethics Office Says It's Getting Extraordinary Number of Calls After Trump Nordstrom Controversy2017-02-09 · Conway remarks, ethics response and White House counseling
- U.S. Office of Government Ethics: Documents related to statement made by Kellyanne Conway2017-02-13 · OGE letter and 5 C.F.R. 2635.702 analysis
outcomedocumented OGE wrote that there was strong reason to believe Conway violated the executive-branch standards and recommended disciplinary action.
- U.S. Office of Government Ethics: Documents related to statement made by Kellyanne Conway2017-02-13 · OGE letter and 5 C.F.R. 2635.702 analysis
administration responsedocumented The White House said Conway had been counseled but did not publicly detail the counseling in the cited record.
- TIME: Federal Ethics Office Says It's Getting Extraordinary Number of Calls After Trump Nordstrom Controversy2017-02-09 · Conway remarks, ethics response and White House counseling
- U.S. Office of Government Ethics: Documents related to statement made by Kellyanne Conway2017-02-13 · OGE letter and 5 C.F.R. 2635.702 analysis
People and organizations
- United States publicaffected party
- Ivanka Trump brandbeneficiary
Assessment
The White House product endorsement conflicted with the announced separation between public office and family business promotion; OGE recommended discipline, while the White House said Conway was counseled.