Ivanka and Don Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud

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Come to think of it, why is this administration filled with family members? Isn't there a law against that?

Well, there was (and still is) but...

The Justice Department has released a series of recently overruled legal memos concluding that presidents cannot appoint their relatives to the White House staff or presidential commissions, even to unpaid posts.

In January, a career Justice Department official essentially declared the earlier opinions erroneous or obsolete, clearing the way for President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to take a senior adviser position in the White House. First daughter Ivanka Trump later took a similar official but unpaid slot under the same legal rationale.

Before someone raises Bobby Kennedy, let us note for the record that the anti-nepotism statute passed in 1967 was in response to that situation. And in fact it blocked family members from minor roles in the Carter, Reagan, and Obama administration.

But the rules inexplicably changed for Trump to put his kids at the highest levers of the executive branch, citing a law passed before Reagan or Obama:

"We believe that the President's special hiring authority [in the 1978 law] permits him to make appointments to the White House Office that the anti-nepotism statute might otherwise forbid," Koffsky wrote in the opinion sent to White House counsel Don McGahn at his request.

Several ethics experts were critical of the January opinion.

Gee, ya think?

BTW, Trump Sr says this is all...well, you know:

Trump tweet wrote:
Wow, so many Fake News stories today. No matter what I do or say, they will not write or speak truth. The Fake News Media is out of control!