The White House spoke out and said that Vice President Kamala Harris’s name could not be used in conjunction with any commercial ventures that could be seen to have her support, after a report said that lawyers told her niece Meena Harris to stop using your name to help your brand.
Meena Harris has leveraged her relationship with the vice president in the past, including for her children’s book, “Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea”. Days before the opening, she appeared on “The Today Show” and promoted her new book, “Ambitious Girl”, while images of her and her aunt were shown on television.
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The White House now says that this will not be allowed.
“The vice president and his family will maintain the highest ethical standards and it is the White House policy that the name of the vice president is not used in any commercial activity that can reasonably be understood as an indication of endorsement or support,” Sabrina Singh , The vice president’s deputy press secretary told Fox News.
According to the Los Angeles Times, White House officials said that after the ethics lawyers for the November election transition team told Meena Harris not to use Kamala Harris’s name or image, she still marketed items inspired by her.
Meena Harris attends the We Vote Next Summit event hosted by Eighteen X 18 at the TOMS Corporate Office on September 29, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Paul Archuleta / Getty Images)
Now that Harris is the vice president, an official told Fox News, the White House has “a process in place” that includes the White House attorney’s office and family representatives “to address as any potential conflict issues arise. of interest. “
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The official said this process applies to both Harris’ and President Biden’s families. Fox News contacted Meena Harris asking if anyone in the current government discussed her policy with her regarding her efforts, but she did not respond immediately.
The president, for his part, has several relatives whose business ventures have caused astonishment.
First, there was his son Hunter’s negotiations with businesses in Ukraine and China that former President Donald Trump tried to use against him during the 2020 campaign.
Biden had said in the past that he and his son did not discuss Hunter’s business, but Hunter’s former business partner, Tony Bobulinski, said that this was not true and that he met the current president through a presentation by Hunter and President Biden’s brother, Jim Biden.
Hunter Biden now has a contract for a book with Simon & Schuster, who will publish his memoirs, “Beautiful Things”, on April 6.
In addition, the president’s brother, Frank Biden, reportedly promoted his relationship with President Biden in a newspaper ad for a Florida law firm, printed on the day of his inauguration.
“The two Biden brothers have long been committed to bringing environmental issues to the forefront,” said part of the announcement by the South Florida-based Berman Law Group, according to CNBC.
The current official who spoke to the Times was concerned that “[s]some things cannot be undone, “adding this”[b]Behavior needs to change.
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A former Harris adviser emphasized the issue for the newspaper in light of criticism of the Trump family for its business.
“We have been attacking the Trumps for years in all crude operations,” said the former adviser. “We should be a lot cleaner.”
Peter Doocy and Brie Stimson of Fox News contributed to this report.