Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Net Worth: White House Releases Finances Of Trump Aides
The White House released financial details of its staffers Friday night, including that of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump. The couple are beneficiaries of multiple real estate and investment businesses worth about $741 million, according to the latest disclosures.
Before becoming Donald Trump's senior adviser, Kushner had to resign from 266 positions and sold off 58 businesses or investments that lawyers identified might pose a conflict of interest with Kushner's present job, according to the disclosures.
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Regarding the couple's other real estate assets, many of which are in New York City, Jamie Gorelick, an attorney who has been working on the ethics agreements for the couple, told the Associated Press: “The remaining conflicts, from a practical perspective, are pretty narrow and very manageable.”
Despite her new government responsibilities, Ivanka Trump maintains a stake in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., which is just down the street from the White House. Ethics experts worry that foreign governments or special interests could stay there and ask for special favor from the Trump administration. Although it remains unclear how Ivanka Trump would earn from her stake at the hotel, Kushner's financial disclosures stated that in 2016-2017, she earned between $1 million and $5 million from it. The disclosures put the value of her stake at between $5 million and $25 million, according to the New York Times.
Other senior officials whose financial details were revealed included Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president and now head of the White House National Economic Council, senior adviser Steve Bannon, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, and Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign chief turned adviser.
The White House has never shied away from saying that the current staff's net worth is believed to be the richest in U.S. history. Former President Barack Obama's employees' finances eight years ago were found to be “simple” or “moderate” by the Office of Government Ethics, whereas the Trump appointees’ holdings were judged “complex” or “extremely complex," the Guardian reported.
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