Tag: Trump family graft

Ivanka Trump’s Landlord May be ‘Trying to Buy Her Silence’ on Sulfide Mine Threatening Clean Water: Bush Ethics Chief

A former chief ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush raised concerns Saturday that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s billionaire landlord could be trying to influence the senior White House advisers in a manner that would help him to build a sulfide mine in Minnesota that environmentalists call a threat to clean water.

The ex-White House ethics chief, University of Minnesota law professor Richard Painter, shared a recent City Pagesstory about the Chilean copper conglomerate Antofagasta’s plans to build a sulfide-ore mine in Minnesota’s Rainy River watershed, which drains into the protected Boundary Waters wilderness area.

Antofagasta is owned by Chilean businessman Andrónico Luksic, who bought a $5.5 million mansion in Washington, D.C., shortly after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. Luksic now rents that Kalorama neighorhood home to the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner for $15,000 per month, according to The Wall Street Journal.

View the complete May 4 article by Erica Kwong on the Newsweek website here.

Trump’s Family Rigged the Tax System to Benefit Themselves

An AP investigation reveals Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner stand to benefit substantially from massive tax breaks they pushed for in the Trump tax law. While Trump, his family, and big corporations profit from the Trump tax law, most Americans have not benefited and many workers have lost their jobs.

Ivanka and Jared stand to benefit from a tax break they pushed in the Trump tax law, which offers massive tax breaks to real estate developers.

Associated Press: “An Associated Press investigation finds President Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in law stand to benefit from a program they pushed that offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American areas.” Continue reading “Trump’s Family Rigged the Tax System to Benefit Themselves”

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside income last year while serving in the White House, filings show

The following article by Amy Brittain, Ashley Parker and Anu Narayanswamy was posted on the Washington Post website June 11, 2018:

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump collected tens of millions in outside income while serving in the White House last year. Credit: Michael Reynolds, EPA-EFE, Shutterstock

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the president’s daughter and son-in-law, brought in at least $82 million in outside income while serving as senior White House advisers during 2017, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

Trump earned $3.9 million from her stake in the Trump International Hotel in Washington and more than $2 million in severance from the Trump Organization, while Kushner reported over $5 million in income from Quail Ridge, a Kushner Cos. apartment complex acquired last year in Plainsboro, NJ.

The filings show how the couple are collecting immense sums from other enterprises while serving in the White House, an extraordinary income flow that ethics experts have warned could create potential conflicts of interests. Continue reading “Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside income last year while serving in the White House, filings show”