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Nepotism in the White House

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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump arrive in North Charleston, South Carolina.

President Trump's daughter, Ivanka, has an office in the West Wing and high-level security clearances. Trump’s son-in-law, and Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner, is a White House senior advisor. Despite an obvious conflict of interest, presidential nepotism is not new. 

 
Today we examine the history of familial favoritism in the White House. 
 
 

Guests:

  • Tom Hamburger, political reporter for
  • Dr. Robert Jones, professor of Psychology at , nepotism expert  
  • Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey professor of Corporate Law at the , former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush 

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