This Ivanka Trump answer is exactly why nepotism laws exist

In an interview with NBC that ran Monday morning, Ivanka Trump was asked a simple question: "Do you believe your father's accusers?"

This is how she answered: "I think it's a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he's affirmatively stated there's no truth to it."

That's a totally fine answer for a daughter to give! Makes perfect sense! Except ...

Ivanka Trump isn't just a daughter. She's also a White House senior adviser. She has an office in the building. She is seen as one of a very small group of voices the President listens to.


Any other adviser at such a senior level and with such perceived influence over the President would be expected to face just these sorts of questions. After all, Trump stands accused by more than a dozen women of sexual harassment and assault over the course of decades. There is also the question of a $130,000 payment by Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to a porn star named Stormy Daniels who alleged that she had an affair with Trump in the mid-2000s.

Given the #metoo movement, the number of high-profile men who have either admitted to or faced serious accusations about sexual assault or misconduct and the accusations Trump himself faces, it's entirely reasonable to ask a senior aide to the President about it all.

And, in her I'm-my-father's-daughter answer, Ivanka is trying to have it both ways.

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