A White House Endorsement of Ivanka Trump's Products: Audit finding

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   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.

   • Time: Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of InterestSheri 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 PaymentsBipartisan committee letter describing the January pledge and requesting implementation records
   • U.S. Office of Government Ethics: Documents related to statement made by Kellyanne ConwayOGE letter and 5 C.F.R. 2635.702 analysis
   • TIME: Federal Ethics Office Says It's Getting Extraordinary Number of Calls After Trump Nordstrom ControversyConway remarks, ethics response and White House counseling