the president is also drawing controversy because he s married to trump s daughter, ivanka. transition team officials say they do not believe anti-nepotism laws apply to presidential advisers, but legal analysts are split on the subject. kushner is pledging to take no salary and give up his management roles at his own family s billion dollar real estate empire and the news paper he owns. his lawyer says he will also sell off a significant number of his assets, including this flagship building in manhattan to his brother or to a family trust controlled by his mother. watch dogs question whether he can fully cut himself off from having a financial stake in government decisions. family members will still benefit from the decisions he makes in the house. and on the other end of this, what happens when he leaves government office. will they give him his interests back? it s really not divesting himself from this, it s not separating himself from his financial interests. and donald trump