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Jared and Ivanka stay out of the spotlight amid Comey fallout
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/jared-ivanka-trump-comey-fallout/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial
By Betsy Klein, CNN
Updated 7:27 PM ET, Fri May 12, 2017
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump work for the administration
When the going gets tough, they seem to be absent
Washington (CNN)The White House is reeling from President Donald Trump's Tuesday firing of FBI Director James Comey and subsequent fallout. Vice President Mike Pence, press secretary Sean Spicer and deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders scrambled to defend the decision.
But where are Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump? On more than one occasion, the power couple has been seemingly absent when the going gets tough.
In March, while the administration's first crack at repealing Obamacare struggled to gain traction, the pair was on the slopes in Aspen, Colorado, for a family tradition ski trip.
In April, when leaks of infighting within the administration were on top of the news cycle, they were celebrating Passover at the Four Seasons Whistler in Canada, according to reports.
And this week was no exception. Though the President's daughter and son-in-law remained in Washington and working at the White House, they stayed under the radar and away from the cameras following news of Comey's departure.
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Coincidentally -- or not -- some of Trump's most controversial tweets and actions have come during these times, including a tweet alleging President Barack Obama "had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory," a news conference the day after the inauguration defending his crowd sizes, and the initial implementation of his travel ban, among others.
The couple's absences have allowed them to to avoid any major gaffes or mishaps -- or taking a position one way or the other -- as hot-button issues have played out. .....................
tanyev
(42,358 posts)Sometimes you just have to get away from it all with your entourage of Secret Service agents.