But others in the administration felt unrelenting pressure from Kushner and Ivanka. The president’s daughter tried to prod McGahn to intervene, something she later denied to associates, but when the White House counsel didn’t deliver what she wanted, Ivanka whispered to her father and to other White House aides that McGahn was a “leaker” and not to be trusted. “Leaker” was about the worst red-flag name you could give someone in the presence of the bull named Donald Trump.
