Ivanka Trump, Kushner Host Dinner For ‘Bipartisan Path’ To Criminal Reform

Ivanka Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, during an event for military spouses to discuss the problems they face with employment, as part of "American Dream Week."  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, Ivanka Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump successfully pushed to get a family-focused tax credit included in the Republican tax overhau... FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, Ivanka Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump successfully pushed to get a family-focused tax credit included in the Republican tax overhaul proposal. She’s got no time for a victory lap, though: Now comes the biggest political challenge of her time in Washington. The first daughter is lobbying to make sure an expansion of the current $1,000 child tax credit stays in the tax plan and that it’s big enough to matter. Then there’s the added hurdle of making sure the overall tax plan makes it over the finish line. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) MORE LESS

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are working with a bipartisan group of senators to try to find a path forward on criminal justice reform legislation.

That’s according to Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who attended a dinner last week at the couple’s home in Washington, D.C.

Whitehouse shared some details with reporters Tuesday. He says Senate Judiciary Committee members who’ve been working on the issue were present.

He said the goal is to find “a bipartisan path, a consensus path forward.”

The issue has enjoyed bipartisan support for several years on Capitol Hill but little progress has been made. Last week, legislation was introduced aimed at eliminating mandatory life sentences for three-strike drug offenses and giving judges more discretion in sentencing non-violent drug offenders, among other goals.

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  1. How do they plan to reform themselves?

  2. What a fucking waste of time and I’m sorry, this is so not right. They shouldn’t even be considered any part of this administration in any official capacity in the first damn place. Showing up for this soiree just indicates you’re all right with enabling them to get away with breaking the nepotism laws. Yes, we need criminal justice reform but no, this is not the way to do it.

  3. Because empowering women.

    What happened to that one? Oh yeah, the ladies despise her so she 's moving on to prisoners that are more accustomed to snakes.

    Jeff Sessions was going to attend but he was busy slapping 25 w/o parole on a 16 year old for doobious behavior.

    Kushner was there for the veal, he could give two shits or a fuck.

  4. For when Daddy gets sent to prison .

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