White House defends giving Ivanka Trump West Wing office

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday defended the decision to give Ivanka Trump an office in the West Wing, saying that the first daughter is going “above and beyond” to comply with ethics standards.

“Ivanka has decided to go above and beyond and act in certain ways to ensure she complies with certain rules, by maintaining the federal records act, getting a security clearance so that if she’s privy to any information that is classified, she has to abide by the same rules and regulations about being in room, how it’s handled, et cetera,” Spicer said during his daily briefing.

He also defended a tweet then-President-elect Trump sent out in November, denying reports his children would be getting security clearances. Ivanka Trump has since applied for one.

{mosads}“At the time it was not true, I mean, she wasn’t obtaining a security clearance,” Spicer said. “It was not accurate then. We addressed it during the transition. An official had actually just inquired, there was no actual attempt at the time. The official in question was removed from the transition team.”