Dems Worry About Political Blowback From Coming Down Hard On Trump Kids

US President-elect Donald Trump along with his children Eric(L) Ivanka and Donald Jr. arrive for a press conference January 11, 2017 at Trump Tower in New York. Trump held his first news conference in nearly six mont... US President-elect Donald Trump along with his children Eric(L) Ivanka and Donald Jr. arrive for a press conference January 11, 2017 at Trump Tower in New York. Trump held his first news conference in nearly six months Wednesday, amid explosive allegations over his ties to Russia, a little more than a week before his inauguration. / AFP / Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Democrats worry that targeting President Donald Trump’s children will have political ramifications and hope to shift the brunt of that legal burden to federal prosecutors, according to a Wednesday Politico report.

They worry that targeting his family could earn Trump sympathy from onlookers.

By the same token, Trump’s children — particularly Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric — are so intertwined in his businesses and political career that it would be difficult to leave them out of the investigations altogether. Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner is also clearly a significant person of interest.

The chairpeople of the most important House committees may try to put off calling the Trump children in to testify until absolutely necessary.

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  1. Brewing em in. Otherwise it’s dereliction of duty.

  2. One of the more handwring-ier offerings here at TPM

    ETA I see it’s not AP. Is it steath AP?

  3. IF the Dems are truly worried about this are feckless (in every sense of the word)… BUT this is from Politico so I would hope this is just another obvious attempt to spread disunity within the Ds

  4. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Well let’s continue to do nothing, that always gets things done.

  5. As usual with congress, the most important question: ‘what are the optics?’

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