Tag: Ivanka Trump

Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud

The following article by Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott with ProPublica and Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz with WNYC was posted on the ProPublica website October 4, 2017:

Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., arrive at the 58th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2017. (Win McNamee/Pool via Bloomberg/Getty Images)

This article is a collaboration between ProPublica, WNYC and The New Yorker and is not subject to our Creative Commons license.

In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump’s two eldest children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., found themselves in a precarious legal position. For two years, prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had been building a criminal case against them for misleading prospective buyers of units in the Trump SoHo, a hotel and condo development that was failing to sell. Despite the best efforts of the siblings’ defense team, the case had not gone away. An indictment seemed like a real possibility. The evidence included emails from the Trumps making clear that they were aware they were using inflated figures about how well the condos were selling to lure buyers. Continue reading “Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud”

Ivanka Trump’s Report Card on Women’s and Working Families’ Issues

The following article by Kaitlin Holmes, Shilpa Phadke, Jocelyn Frye, Laura E. Durso, Kate Bahn, Jamila Taylor and Katie Hamm was posted on the Center for American Progress website October 3, 2017:

Is Her Performance Living Up to Her Promises?

Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

One year ago, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his intentions to add new policies on paid family leave and child care to his official platform.1 These proposals reportedly were largely influenced by his daughter, Ivanka Trump, who actively campaigned to frame her father as a feminist and to pitch herself as a champion for working women and families.2 Continue reading “Ivanka Trump’s Report Card on Women’s and Working Families’ Issues”

Trump Halted Obama’s Equal Pay Rule. What it Means for Working Women

The following article by Suzy Khimm was posted on the NBC News website August 31, 2017:

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has stopped an Obama-era rule requiring large companies to report how much they pay workers by race and gender.

The rule was intended to help close the persistent wage gap between men and women, as well as between racial groups, through greater pay transparency. Continue reading “Trump Halted Obama’s Equal Pay Rule. What it Means for Working Women”

5 Things Ivanka Trump Could Do Right Now on Equal Pay

The following article by Jocelyn Frye and Kaitlin Holmes was posted on the Center for American Progress website August 24, 2017:

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) shakes hands before the start of an event to commemorate Women’s Equality Day on August 22, 2017, in San Francisco. Credit:  AP/Eric Risberg

The Trump administration’s first eight months have largely been devoid of any concrete steps toward achieving equal pay. No meaningful administrative actions have been taken to improve pay practices, strengthen equal pay protections, or fight wage discrimination. Instead, the administration has taken action that will make matters worse for women and families: Shortly before this year’s Equal Pay Day, President Donald Trump quietly rescinded the 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order—a key Obama administration rule requiring greater pay transparency to help workers ensure accuracy in their pay. The end result has been a critical vacuum of leadership and proactive administration efforts to advance equal pay at a time when combating pay discrimination remains a persistent challenge for both men and women.

While Ivanka Trump has made passing references to her support for equal pay and has touted her father’s commitment to the issue, this support in practice has amounted to little more than lip service. There are important actions that Ivanka Trump, the administration’s unofficial point person on women’s issues, could pursue right now to make a difference on equal pay. Here are just five possibilities. Continue reading “5 Things Ivanka Trump Could Do Right Now on Equal Pay”

Democrat lawmaker claims that Ivanka Trump blocked him on Twitter

The following article by Jacqueline Thomsen was posted on the Hill website August 13, 2017:

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) is claiming that Ivanka Trump has blocked him on Twitter.

On Sunday, Lieu tweeted out an image showing that Trump, who is the president’s daughter and serves as an unpaid adviser in the White House, had blocked him on the social media site. Continue reading “Democrat lawmaker claims that Ivanka Trump blocked him on Twitter”

Melania and Ivanka Trump, following tradition of western visitors, forgo headscarves in Saudi Arabia

The following article by Philip Bump was posted on the Washington Post website May 20, 2017:

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The last time a U.S. first lady visited this Middle Eastern kingdom, she was criticized for appearing in public without a headscarf. Michelle Obama was blasted on Saudi social media — as well as by a prominent American tweeter named Donald Trump — for not covering her head during her 2015 visit, as women are expected to do in this conservative Islamic country.

So there was some anticipation about whether first lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka Trump would cover their heads during their visit this weekend to Riyadh. Continue reading “Melania and Ivanka Trump, following tradition of western visitors, forgo headscarves in Saudi Arabia”

Ivanka Trump’s life of privilege undermines the credibility of her new book’s message

The following article by James Hohmann with Breanne Deppisch was posted on the Washington Post website May 8, 2017:

Donald Trump whispers to his daughter, Ivanka, during a January press conference at Trump Tower. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

THE BIG IDEA: Ivanka Trump’s new book unwittingly reveals just how out of touch she is with the lives of the working women who she believes she speaks for.

— President Trump dubiously claimed during the campaign that he was a self-made man. “My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars,” he told NBC during a 2015 interview, which he insisted he paid back with interest. “A million dollars isn’t very much compared to what I built!” During a primary debate, when Marco Rubio claimed that he had received a $200 million inheritance from his father, Trump replied angrily: “I took $1 million and I turned it into $10 billion.” Continue reading “Ivanka Trump’s life of privilege undermines the credibility of her new book’s message”

German crowd boos Ivanka Trump for calling her father a ‘champion’ for families

The following article by Danielle Paquette was posted on the Washington Post website April 25, 2017:

Editors note: This story has been updated to note that President Trump, while running his real estate businesses, had promoted several women to high-ranking positions. In addition, a portion of the story was removed that discussed the impact of Trump’s trade policies on women-led companies.

A German crowd booed Ivanka Trump on Tuesday after she called her father a “tremendous champion of supporting families.” Continue reading “German crowd boos Ivanka Trump for calling her father a ‘champion’ for families”

Eric and Ivanka Trump deliver spirited defense of nepotism

The following article by Aaron Rupar was posted on the ThinkProgress website April 5, 2017:

“Nepotism is kind of a factor of life.”

From left, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground-breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington July 23, 2014. Photo By Gary Cameron/Reuters

In an interview with Forbes published Tuesday, Eric Trump characterizes his father’s proclivity to put his family members in positions of power as a phenomenon similar to the sun setting each evening.

“Nepotism is kind of a factor of life,” Eric said. “We might be here because of nepotism, but we’re not still here because of nepotism. You know, if we didn’t do a good job, if we weren’t competent, believe me, we wouldn’t be in this spot.”

Eric seems to think he and his brother find themselves running the Trump Organization because of their competence, but there might be another reason. By putting his kids in charge of a business he still owns, receives quarterly briefings about, and can still even draws profits from, President Trump has ensured that the Trump Organization still operates for his benefit. Continue reading “Eric and Ivanka Trump deliver spirited defense of nepotism”