Susan Hennessey is a national security fellow at the Brookings Institution and managing editor of Lawfare ; previously, she was an attorney in the Office of General Counsel of the National Security Agency. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)The president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, is set to join his administration in an unspecified, but reportedly influential policy role. That ethical breach does more than “shake up Washington” by breaking with norms and decorum — it threatens our national security. [How President Trump could use the White House to enrich himself and his family]Some have suggested in her defense that Ivanka Trump is the functional first lady. Ivanka Trump’s personal relationship to the president may compromise our national security in immediate and practical terms.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2017 10:02 UTC