Jarvanka's use of Trump Org. helicopters for vacations unethical, possibly illegal

[Tanuki]

http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-vacation-white-house-escape-ethics-705590?amp=1
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner used a helicopter owned by President Donald Trump's private company for a personal vacation in an "unethical move" that "blurs the line between the White House and the family business," officials told Newsweek on Wednesday.
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It's more than likely taxpayers footed at least part of the bill for the couple's two-day getaway, according to former President George W. Bush’s ethics chief, Richard Painter. "Taxpayers are paying for Secret Service to accompany Ivanka and Jared on their trips and vacations," he told Newsweek. "Because they choose to use a Trump Organization aircraft, you’ve got the problem we’ve been dealing with all along: the government is paying the Trump Organization to protect the first family, when it shouldn’t be."


Jared and Ivanka's use of a Trump Organization helicopter for their personal use blurs the line between the White House and the family business," said Virginia Canter, CREW's executive branch ethics counsel who worked under former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. The move “reinforces the belief that they are unable and unwilling to put the public interest before the family business," she continued.
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"This is fundamentally a tax law issue, and it may actually be part of what's holding the president's tax returns up in audit. The Trump family likes to use Trump Organization resources for profit," he said. "But there's a provision of the Constitution limiting the president's salary by what is fixed by Congress. They can’t milk off the federal government while continuing to keep up their personal brand."

The first family has displayed a continued pattern of mixing government and business affairs with little regard for potential legal or ethical violations, as CREW has noted. The president himself has continued visiting his own properties since taking office, spending at least 96 days of his presidency visiting Trump-branded clubs and hotels."

[Achilleaze]

1. IOKIYAR

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"All you crummy ordinary, little people can just eat our elite republican-russsian shorts. Ta ta, dahlings."

- JarVanka (R