5 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2010 Edition
Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART III - EMPLOYEES
Subpart B - Employment and Retention
CHAPTER 31 - AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT
SUBCHAPTER I - EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES
Sec. 3110 - Employment of relatives; restrictions
A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a civilian position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual.
relative” means, with respect to a public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
But Gorelick said she is confident that the 1967 law does not apply to the White House, which she said is not an agency.
Trump just hired his son-in law as a Senior White House Advisor. The following law was put on the books after JFK hired his brother Bobby as Attorney General
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOD...-partIII-subpartB-chap31-subchapI-sec3110.htm
Were these folks working on the government dime and what blood or marital relationship did they have to the President?Kitchen Cabinet
Ronald Reagan had a kitchen cabinet of allies and friends from California who advised him during his terms. This group of ten to twelve businessmen were all strong proponents of the free enterprise system. His California backers included: Alfred Bloomingdale, Earl Brian, Justin Whitlock Dart, William French Smith, Charles Wick, William A. Wilson, auto dealer Holmes Tuttle, beer baron Joseph Coors, steel magnate and philanthropist Earle Jorgensen, and about four to six others. Coors was the major funder and most active participant. He also funded many think tanks and policy institutes at about this time, including the Heritage Foundation."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Cabinet
Short answer is Trump can do whatever he wants and violate any law as long as there is no-one to hold him accountable... which is exactly the case. If you charged him with a violation of these laws (which he has very blatantly violated) he could just issue a blanket pardon for himself and Kushner... then what? Nothing, that's what.
how'd that actually work out for them?You mean like how Bill Clinton appointed Hillary to lead health care reform under his administration? What's good for the goose...
They weren't getting paid and why does it matter about relationships if they aren't getting paid? Is there some law about asking family for advice? I'll answer it for you. No.Were these folks working on the government dime and what blood or marital relationship did they have to the President?
Lol. Just because he's not getting payed, doesn't mean appointing him as advisor to the President isn't nepotism. It is a position of great importance, and appointing your son-in-law is the definition of nepotism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotism
Absolutely nothing in there requires payment of any kind. It's favoritism.
Try again.
Then why did you bring them up? They had nothing to do with the discussion.They weren't getting paid and why does it matter about relationships if they aren't getting paid? Is there some law about asking family for advice? I'll answer it for you. No.
Can you point to the part of my post where I said anything about it not being nepotism/favoritism/cronyism? Oh wait, I didn't say anything about it. OP asked why Trump isn't in violation of the law, I provided the answer.
You provided the answer in your post, will Trump's Son In-law be a civilian employee of an goverment agency? No, therefore the law has not be violatedTrump just hired his son-in law as a Senior White House Advisor. The following law was put on the books after JFK hired his brother Bobby as Attorney General
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOD...-partIII-subpartB-chap31-subchapI-sec3110.htm
Yeah, because actually asking a family member for advice is out of ethical bounds for Democrats and people that hate their families.Republicans are not bound by ethical concerns among their own, anyway.
Oh I see, you just don't understand the laws themselves. ProTip: The law doesn't specify that the party engaging in Nepotism must pay his appointment.
He's 100% in violation of many laws, but he has the pardon to protect him, which makes any attempted prosecution both useless and extremely stupid on the part of anyone who might try. It would make them a huge target and we all know Trump likes revenge.
Republicans are not bound by ethical concerns among their own, anyway.
Kushner, who will not take a salary, is expected to have a broad portfolio that includes government operations, trade deals and Middle East policy