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Ivanka Trump was involved in negotiations between Trump International Hotel and inaugural committee
Leaked emails have linked Ivanka Trump to negotiations between the Trump Organization and the presidential inaugural committee, which paid to use the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC.
The negotiations, which saw the Trump Organization take a slice of the inaugurals record-busting $107 million in donated funds, took place in mid-December of 2016, a new investigation by WNYC and ProPublica reveals.
The revelation comes as federal prosecutors probe the finances of President Donald Trumps inaugural committee and whether foreigners contributed to its events using straw donors.
A spokeswoman for the inaugural committee said its finances were fully audited internally and independently and are fully accounted. … These were funds raised from private individuals and were then spent in accordance with the law and the expectations of the donors.
Ivanka Trumps role in the inaugural planning negotiations was previously unknown.
At the time, she was an executive vice president at the Trump Organization. After Trump took office, she left the company to serve as a senior advisor in the White House.
Prior to Trumps inauguration, massive donations flowed into his inaugural fund, which pays for the events and festivities surrounding the swearing-in ceremony.
The $107 million raised was almost double President Obamas 2009 inauguration, which was the most expensive in history at the time. At least some of the money went to the Trump Organization.
The newly leaked emails show that Ivanka Trump, the presidents eldest daughter, was involved in negotiating the prices Trump International Hotel charged the inauguration.
In one email, a top inauguration planner, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, emailed Ivanka Trump and inaugural committee deputy chairman Rick Gates expressing concern that the hotel was overcharging them and worry about public reaction when this is audited.
She asked that the price of renting a ballroom and meeting rooms for four days be further lowered from $175,000 per day to $85,000 per day, after hotel proposed a reduction to the $175,000 rate.
Its not clear what the original proposed fee or the final agreed price were from the leaked emails.
If the Trump Organization were found to have charged the inaugural committee above market rates for the rental, it could trigger heavy fines from the IRS.
Peter Mirijanian, a spokesman for Abbe Lowell, Ivanka Trumps ethics lawyers, said the first daughters role was minimal.
When contacted by someone working on the inauguration, Ms. Trump passed the inquiry on to a hotel official and said only that any resulting discussions should be at a fair market rate, he said in a statement. Ms. Trump was not involved in any additional discussions.
White House spokesman Hogan Gidley was asked by reporters Friday prior to the ProPublicaWNYC report if there were any improprieties with the inauguration funding.
The president of the United States has one job at the inauguration. Its to show up, to thank everyone for the service to get him elected, and then also dance with the first lady, Gidley said in response. He did all of those things. This charge has nothing to do with the president of the United States, and it has nothing to do with this administration.
The White House did not immediately respond to a subsequent request for comment.
Separately, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that prosecutors in New York are investigating whether some of the committees donors made contributions in exchange for political favors and access to the Trump administration- a potential violation of federal corruption laws.
The inquiry, which the newspaper said is in its early stages, is also focused on whether the inauguration committee misspent some of the $107 million it raised to stage events celebrating Trumps inauguration.
As well, the New York Times reported that prosecutors are examining whether people from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries made illegal payments to the committee and a pro-Trump super political action committee in a bid to influence American policy. Foreign contributions to inaugural funds and PACs are prohibited under federal law.
Both newspapers cited anonymous sources familiar with the inquiry.
The U.S. attorneys office in Manhattan did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
The inaugural committee said it has not been contacted by federal prosecutors and is not aware of any investigations.
The committee staged a celebration of our democratic processes and did so in full compliance with all applicable laws and disclosure obligations, it said Friday in a statement.
The inaugurations accounting was provided both to the Federal Election Commission and the IRS in compliance with all laws and regulations, it said. These were funds raised from private individuals and were then spent in accordance with the law and the expectations of the donors.
It added that the names of donors were given to the election commission and have been public for nearly two years. It said the donors were vetted and no improprieties were found.
It comes as Ivankas husband Jared Kushner faces scrutiny as well, after it was claimed that he was the primary point of contact between Donald Trump and National Enquirer boss David Pecker after the 2016 presidential election.
Kushners role, reported by the Daily Beast, is gaining exposure just as Peckers participation in a catch-and-kill arrangement to bury negative stories about Trump is being examined as a potential criminal liability for the president.
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