Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Engaged in ‘Unethical’ Helicopter Use: Report

The following article by Chris Sosa was posted on the AlterNet website November 8, 2017:

The couple used a privately owned aircraft for a vacation in Vermont.

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Unnamed officials told Newsweek that President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner used a helicopter owned by a Trump business for a personal vacation. Their use of the private aircraft “blurs the line” between the White House and the Trump family’s personal business interests, according to the officials, and appears to be unethical.

Former President George W. Bush’s ethics chief Richard Painter explained to Newsweek that taxpayers were probably shouldering a portion of the couple’s vacation bill. Continue reading “Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Engaged in ‘Unethical’ Helicopter Use: Report”