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Donald Trump: First daughter Ivanka to become an official White House employee

11:35, Thursday, 30 March, 2017
Donald Trump: First daughter Ivanka to become an official White House employee

Ivanka Trump is officially joining her father's administration as an unpaid employee, after her plans to serve in a more informal capacity were questioned by ethics experts.The first daughter announced on Wednesday (local time) that she would serve as an unpaid employee in the White House, saying she had "heard the concerns some have with my advising the President in my personal capacity".

She added that she had been "working in good faith with the White House counsel and my personal counsel to address the unprecedented nature of my role".

A White House official has since said her title will be Assistant to the President.

In a statement, the White House said it was "pleased that Ivanka Trump has chosen to take this step in her unprecedented role as first daughter and in support of the President".US President Donald Trump previously announced she was getting a West Wing office and a security clearance, but would not officially join the administration — that decision had drawn criticism from ethics experts.

Several attorneys and government watchdog leaders last week wrote a letter to White House counsel Don McGahn asking him to reconsider his approval of Ms Trump serving her father without becoming an official government employee.

Such a designation carries with it the requirement to follow an array of transparency and ethical provisions, including a law prohibiting conflicts of interest. Ms Trump has said she would voluntarily follow such provisions.Norman Eisen, who was president Barack Obama's ethics counsellor, was among those who signed the letter.

He said that "for a change in what has largely been an ethics disaster, the White House came to their senses".

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