Jun 14, 2019

Ivanka Trump made $4 million in 2018 off investment in dad's D.C. hotel

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The White House released on Friday the 2018 financial disclosure forms filed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who both act as senior advisers to President Trump.

Details: The forms, which still require approval from White House counsel, show that Trump made $4 million from her investment in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., per Bloomberg. They also show that her income from her fashion and handbag brands — which she announced would shut down last year — dropped precipitously from 2017.

  • The forms show that, combined, Trump and Kushner took in between $28 million and $135 million in outside income. Both have not divested from their outside businesses during their White House tenure.

Read the documents:

Go deeper: Trump made at least $434 million from his business in 2018

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