Senator Calls on Ivanka Trump to Cut Ties to World Bank Women Fund
- Trump’s clothing business could benefit from role, Cardin says
- Dual tasks creates “potential for conflicts of interest’
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Ivanka Trump should cut ties with a World Bank fund focusing on women’s empowerment, an initiative the U.S. president’s daughter has championed, because her clothing brand may benefit from her involvement, Senator Ben Cardin said in a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, wrote that Trump, who serves as an unpaid senior adviser to her father, President Donald Trump, is barred from using her office for private gain and her link to the initiative could expose it to allegations of conflict of interest.