A day after critics raised more concerns about President Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest, Kellyanne Conway told “Fox & Friends” viewers that they should “go buy Ivanka’s stuff.” The White House senior adviser made the statement this morning in defense of Ivanka Trump’s clothing line being removed from Nordstrom’s racks, and she’s now also being accused of breaking ethics codes.

“I’m going to give it a free commercial here,” Conway continued. “Go buy it today everybody, you can find it online.”

Minus a couple exceptions, federal law states that “an employee shall not use or permit the use of his Government position or title or any authority associated with his public office to endorse any product, service or enterprise.”

Campaign Legal Center general counsel Lawrence Noble and Don W. Fox, former general counsel and former acting director of the Office of Government Ethics, told The Washington Post that Conway’s endorsement conflicts with this rule.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, otherwise known as CREW, filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics about the incident and called it part of a larger trend. “We are concerned about what appears to be a pattern of developing of the use of official offices particularly the White House and the Executive Office of the President, to benefit business interests of relatives and supporters of the president,” writes executive director Noah Bookbinder.

Another attorney told The Post that a typical executive-branch employee who violated the rule could face multiple days of suspension and loss of pay, among other disciplinary actions. But Conway would have to be reprimanded by the head of her agency, the White House. That seems about as likely as Trump acknowledging the real size of his inauguration crowds.

Nordstrom announced last week that it would stop selling the first daughter’s line of clothing and shoes. President Trump tweeted yesterday that the company treated her “so unfairly” and his daughter is “a great person—always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!” (this was sent 21 minutes into his daily press briefing).

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said at a press briefing that the tweet was not unethical and was justified because Nordstrom’s decision was “a direct attack on his policies in her name” and that President Trump “has every right to stand up for his family.”

Last October, a campaign called #Grabyourwallet emerged as a boycott of retailers that carry merchandise from Trump family brands. Organizers say that 13 companies have been dropped from the list after taking action.

But Nordstrom officials insist in a statement that their decision was made based on performance, Business Insider reports. “Over the past year, and particularly in the last half of 2016, sales of the brand have steadily declined to the point where it didn’t make good business sense for us to continue with the line for now.”

Peter Schweizer, author of “Clinton Crash,” told The Post that the Trump administration has “crossed a very, very important bright line, and it’s not good. To encourage Americans to buy goods from companies owned by the first family is totally out of bounds and needs to stop.”

Schweizer said that even if Trump feels that some situations are related to politics, “these marketing battles need to be fought by Ivanka and her company. They cannot and should not be fought by government employees and the White House.”

Meanwhile, Nordstrom broke the streak of companies’ stock declining after a Trump tweet, coming out way ahead.

Update 2:38: At a news briefing, Press Secretary Sean Spicer that Conway had been “counseled on that subject.” He declined further comment. “That’s all we’re going to go with.”

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