{UAH} Ivanka Trump tries to cash in on Donald’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview

By Kate Sheehy and Daniel Halper

November 15, 2016 | 1:48pm | Updated

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While Team Trump has vowed to run the family business in a blind trust to avoid ethics issues, daughter Ivanka is already being accused of using Daddy's position to cash in.

The president-elect's daughter appeared in a "60 Minutes'' interview Sunday alongside her father and other family members wearing a $10,800 diamond-and-gold bangle from her Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry line.

The next day, journalists received a "Style Alert'' e-mail from her company with a photo of her from the interview.

"Ivanka wearing her favorite bangle from the Metropolis Collection over the weekend on '60 Minutes,' " the blast crowed. "Please share this with your clients."

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"This notification was sent by a well-intentioned marketing employee at one of our companies who was following customary protocol, and who, like many of us, is still making adjustments post-election,'' Klem said.

"We are proactively discussing new policies and procedures with all of our partners going forward."

But critics warned that the incident is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to potential ethics issues involving soon-to-be President Trump, his family and their business holdings.

Donald Trump has said he will put his billion-dollar businesses in a blind trust to avoid the appearance of conflicts with his domestic and foreign policies.

But he also says he still wants three of his adult kids — Ivanka, 35, and sons Donald Jr., 38, and Eric, 32 — to run his holdings.

Some government watchdog groups say this would generally be OK.

For example, in terms of Ivanka, "As long as she's not a government official, it's not a problem," said Tom Fitton, president of the conservative Judicial Watch.

"As long as she sees herself as daughter, then the rules don't prohibit it. That's life,'' he told The Post on Tuesday.

But since being elected last week, Donald Trump named the three kids as part of his official transition team — and that's a whole other story, Fitton said.

"Making family members make decisions about staffing and such in a formal way is a mistake. It's a gray area,'' he said.

"I think the discussions should be limited to the family dinner table if they are going to continue to work in the company.

"Hillary Clinton ran into this,'' Fitton said. "When you have family members taking on, for practical purposes, taking on advisory issues, then issues arise."

A rep for Donald Trump did not respond to a request for comment.

Ivanka Trump has personally pushed her goods using her father's political success in the past.

After the Republican National Convention, she tweeted out a link to the dress she wore— and it soon sold out.

Still, it was unclear whether Ivanka Trump knew about the bracelet e-mail before it was sent out.

Either way, Post readers were split over whether her company was in the wrong.

"The election is over. … You can stop the Trump attacks,'' one wrote.

But another seethed, "Using Trump's presidency to promote her clothes, shoes and jewelry is a big NO and a definite conflict of interest.''

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