Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway encouraged Fox News viewers to buy merchandise from Ivanka Trump in what may have been a violation of federal law. As noted by New York magazine, the law states that a federal employee “shall not use his public office for his own private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity.” From the February 9 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
On Fox, Kellyanne Conway Urges Viewers To "Go Buy Ivanka's Stuff”
Conway's Promotion Of Ivanka's Brand May Have Violated Federal Law
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