Despite holding no official title, President Trump"s 35-year-old daughter Ivanka is reportedly getting an office (and access to classified information and a government-issued phone) in the White House West Wing, stepping up her highly visible role in helping advise her father.
Reuters reports that a White House official on Monday confirmed reports that Trump"s daughter would be getting her own West Wing space, as well as access to classified information and a government-issued phone.
She is not expected to have an official title and will not be paid a salary.
Ivanka Trump will be joining her husband, Jared Kushner, who is a chief adviser to the president and is a regular presence at his father-in-law"s side.
When Kushner"s job was announced earlier this year, aides said Ivanka would not take on a role in her father"s White House but would focus on settling her family in Washington.
Since then, she has been a frequent behind-the-scenes adviser. Last Friday, she sat next to visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel when Merkel visited the White House.
We are sure this "access to classified information" will become a brief media narrative (all eyes still on Gorsuch and Comey) as Democrats raise "conflict of interest" concerns, even though Ivanka has divested her "Ivanka Trump" brand into a trust.
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