House Democrats are wary of the political optics of grilling first daughter Ivanka Trump about any crossover between her private financial interests and service in the White House, The Washington Post reported.
According to the Post, unnamed senior Democratic investigators have discussed opening an oversight investigation into whether she benefited personally from her position as a White House senior adviser, including through Chinese regulators' approval of trademarks for her apparel company.
"Whomever falls into that net, falls into that net," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday, arguing Trump's children are not off limits to investigations, the Post reported.
"They are advisers to the president. They have security clearances. This is not their children at home."
Still, some Democrats appear in no rush to bring Trump's kids to Capitol Hill.
"The optics don't work for us in my opinion," Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., told the Post. "It easily plays into the victimhood narrative on the Republicans side."
An unnamed Democratic aide, however, told the Post that Ivanka Trump's business matter would likely be a focus for investigators at some point.
Another senior Oversight Democrat, Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., said bringing Trump's children in should be a "last resort."
"They're part of the operation, so they're integral," he told the Post. "I think there's just a sense of decency that you don't do that unless you really have to. We're not out there to cause family problems. But in this case, like I said, there is no exemption for anyone. If we have to get the information, we have to get it."
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