OPINION: Ivanka Trump, a First Daughter with the office of First Lady?
Ivanka Trump is expected to play a prominent role in the White House, as incoming first lady Melania Trump plans to live at home in New York City while her 10-year-old son remains in school.
The eldest daughter of President-elect Donald Trump will assume many of the roles of first lady, as well as advise her father on issues such as family leave and climate change, CNN first reported Thursday. Trump transition aides are already planning for the East Wing of the White House to become an “Office of the First Family,” not just the first lady, sources told CNN.
Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, had Trump’s ear during the campaign. But the prospect of those relationships extending to the White House has raised questions about whether they would be in violation of federal nepotism laws first enacted in 1967. But some argue that Ivanka stepping in for her stepmother could be a good thing for the important but murky role of first lady.