most fundamental aspect of this. you've been elected to the most powerful office in the world, all sorts of people want to cozy up to you, and there are all sorts of opportunities for people to make money off of some relationship with you. why would you connect yourself in public with a convicted felon? >> reporter: the secret service says it is their job to protect the president-elect and president. physically the agency doesn't control who was on the guest list referring cnn to the trump transition team who declined to comment on the relationship between trump and chunque. we reached out to him and he did not return our calls. >> miguel marquez reporting. cnn also learned ivanka trump and husband, jared kushner, picked a new home here in washington, d.c. cnn's brian todd has been working his sources. brian, what do you know about their choice? >> wolf, tonight a d.c. realtor confirms to cnn that he helped ivanka trump and jared kushner found a property in washington. he could not confirm the