American President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to a high-level position in his administration. Trump asked Kushner to serve as a senior adviser to the president. Unlike cabinet positions, the job of adviser does not require approval of the United States Senate. Six members of Congress are questioning Kushner’s appointment. All six belong to the Democratic Party. The lawmakers wrote a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. They noted that a 1967 law bars a public official from appointing a family member to the same agency in which the official serves. They also asked the Justice Department and ethics officials to investigate possible conflicts of interest. Jared Kushner is married to Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka.
Title: Trump Appoints Son-in-Law as Top Adviser
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1616/Kushner.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Trump Appoints Son-in-Law as Top Adviser' data-article-id='2134'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15521'>American President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to a high-level position in his administration.</span> <span data-start-time='15521' data-end-time='23542'>Trump asked Kushner to serve as a senior adviser to the president.</span> <span data-start-time='23542' data-end-time='35188'>Unlike cabinet positions, the job of adviser does not require approval of the United States Senate.</span> <span data-start-time='35188' data-end-time='42208'>Six members of Congress are questioning Kushner’s appointment.</span> <span data-start-time='42208' data-end-time='47271'>All six belong to the Democratic Party.</span> <span data-start-time='47271' data-end-time='59604'>The lawmakers wrote a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.</span> <span data-start-time='59604' data-end-time='76854'>They noted that a 1967 law bars a public official from appointing a family member to the same agency in which the official serves.</span> <span data-start-time='76854' data-end-time='88438'>They also asked the Justice Department and ethics officials to investigate possible conflicts of interest.</span> <span data-start-time='88438' data-end-time='95521'>Jared Kushner is married to Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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