In a series of emails, which took place before HUD Secretary Ben Carson was confirmed, Patton and White House officials discussed their colleagues' support for Trump. “She told a beachhead member who expressed her desire to rejoin the campaign again in 2 years not to bother," Patton wrote. On Feb. 11, 2017, Patton sent an email to the White House apologizing for what she had characterized as a “misunderstanding” about Carson’s wishes. His sister Ivanka Trump and her husband, Kushner, serve as White House advisers. However Eric’s wife, Lara, has worked on several animal welfare issues over the past two years, meeting with White House officials as well as Cabinet members.

Source: Washington Post December 31, 2018 20:26 UTC