Ivanka is formally a government employee, "assistant to the president"

[MelissaB]

Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee
By RACHEL ABRAMS and MAGGIE HABERMANMARCH 29, 2017

Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House.

Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing, and she said last week that she would serve as an informal adviser to her father. But that plan prompted criticism from ethics experts, who said it would allow her to avoid some rules and disclosures.

“I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules, and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House office, subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees,” Ms. Trump said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Throughout this process I have been working closely and in good faith with the White House counsel and my personal counsel to address the unprecedented nature of my role,” she said.
Ms. Trump’s title will be special assistant to the president. Her husband, Jared Kushner, has the title of senior adviser.

More: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/politics/ivanka-trump-federal-employee-white-house.html

[mainstreetonce]

1. She's his nanny.

Deplorable.

[pangaia]

2. Fuck this shit.. EOM

[Cattledog]

3. "The House of tRump", modern day Romanovs.

[Borchkins]

12. Bannon is Rasputin

It didn't end well for the Romanovs.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. "voluntarily complying with all ethics rules" . . . what bullshit.

[Ms. Toad]

7. As an employee, its no longer voluntary -

which is the point of the announcement.

[Else You Are Mad]

5. It is a good thing...

that Trump gave his daughter this position because the country is bereft of qualified Republicans that would be qualified, experienced and competent for the position. Oh wait, nevermind, this is pure nepotism.

I personally think she is meant to be like Nancy Reagan because Trump has Alzheimer's like his father.

[superpatriotman]

6. SO a retail clerk for a real estate agent

Sounds as unqualified as her loving father

[underpants]

8. Who has to sit beside Bannon at meetings?

[procon]

9. How does this pass the nepotism law? nt

[Kittycow]

10. I wonder if it means her records are subject to FOI Act?

Oh, who am I kidding. ..what records?

[FuzzyRabbit]

11. Isn't this what dictators (and wanna be dictators ) do, appoint family members

to high-level government jobs?

[Glimmer of Hope]

13. Does she have a security clearance yet?