AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed

[Yosemito]

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Source: AP

At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration’s new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities. He then turned to one of the plan’s strongest supporters.

“Ivanka, would you like to say something?” Trump asked his daughter. “You’ve been pushing this very hard.”

The Opportunity Zone program promoted by Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner — both senior White House advisers — could also benefit them financially, an Associated Press investigation found.

Government watchdogs say the case underscores the ethical minefield they created two years ago when they became two of the closest advisers to the president without divesting from their extensive real estate investments.

Read more: https://apnews.com/37b731bd1cc443fa953b112b7afe879a

[Maeve]

1. Shocked. Shocked, I tell you

Or should that be "smocked"?

[Blue Owl]

2. That's the only reason they're in this thing...

[UpInArms]

3. Well, isn't that interesting

Methinks maybe this was related to

President Trump's planned visit to Baltimore this week to discuss economic opportunity zones has been scrapped and will now take place at the White House, Rep. Elijah Cummings' office said Monday.

Dirty Donnie and his offspring ...

[hibbing]

4. Ya think? Crack reporting there AP n/t

[The Polack MSgt]

5. I have to lock this OP

It is posting the same AP article that was previously locked as Off Topic.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142220993

The Polack MSgt