Disclosures Outline The Wealth Of The Trump Administration

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While it remains to be seen how much of their previous ventures Trump's advisers have actually given up since occupying the White House, this administration is arguably the wealthiest in US history, with Bloomberg estimating its worth at $12 billion in December.

Given Ivanka Trump's recent decision to become an official White House employee, her financial disclosures and ethics agreements are expected to be filed later.

The release of Cohn's financial information comes as the White House unveils as many as 180 financial disclosure reports of top ranking aides and employees.

Specifically, the New York Times notes that the first daughter has a stake in the D.C. location of Trump Hotels, a property which has already prompted questions of conflict of interest. The report comes in the wake of Trump's announcement this week that Ivanka would be taking an unpaid position with the administration. His assets are valued at between $230 million and $611 million. The data firm, which is owned by hedge fund manager Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, and is credited with helping Trump win the 2016 election, paid him $125,333 a year ago, and Bannon is selling a stake in the firm.

There were concerns of conflicts of interest given the Trumps' vast array of business interests, with government lawyers carefully sifting through every asset to find potential issues. (The previous White House also made financial disclosures available by request only).

A dogged television surrogate for President Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, Epshteyn disclosed that his primary asset was a stake worth between $1 million and $5 million in TGP Securities Inc., a New Jersey investment banking firm where Epshteyn previously worked as a managing director.

Flynn attorney Robert Kelner said Flynn "had only just begun the financial disclosure filing process at the time he left the White House". Although Trump has said he will donate proceeds from foreign governmental visitors to the US Treasury, it is unclear whether he has yet done so.

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Kellyanne Conway, a Republican strategist, made over $800,000 past year from the polling and consulting firm she ran before joining Trump's campaign, her filing shows. The couple are beneficiaries of multiple real estate and investment businesses worth about $741 million, according to the latest disclosures.

Financial disclosures from members of the Trump administration are revealing the extent of their wealth and much of where it comes from.

Since the White House wasn't going to post the documents publicly, we did. The business is worth between US$1 million and US$5 million, according to her disclosure statement.

Earlier financial disclosures revealed that Mr. Trump's Cabinet - which includes two billionaires and several multimillionaires - is the richest in modern American history, a quality that he has trumpeted as a sign of their smarts.

Trump has thus far refused to release his tax returns, meaning little is known about the extent of its interests.

White House aide Omarosa Manigualt, who starred on NBC's The Apprentice, reported receiving a wedding package from Kleinfeld Bridal that included her wedding dress, a custom veil, and accessories in exchange for an appearance on "Say Yes to the Dress".

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