President Donald Trump has shattered many of the precedents set by past inhabitants of the Oval Office. Perhaps chief among them: his heavy reliance on members of his family to carry out his agenda. Mr. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, both hold official White House roles, while he has charged his two adults sons with running the family business empire. While ethics experts say the decision to appoint family members to official roles doesn’t break antinepotism rules, they have raised questions about the qualifications of those appointees, who—like Mr. Trump—hold no government...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 27, 2017 12:00 UTC