Ivanka Trump (File photo)

The FBI is scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump’s international business deals in Vancouver, CNN reported on Friday.

It is unclear why this case is under investigation as well as in what aspects it will probe into.

The project in Vancouver, a 616-foot beacon containing an Ivanka Trump-branded spa, was developed by Joo Kim Tiah, a scion of one of Malaysia’s richest families, running Canada-based development company, Holborn Group. The development was opened in February 2017, just after Trump assumed office.

The Trump organization doesn’t own this development, but receives licensing and marketing fees from it.

“The company’s role was and is limited to licensing its brand and managing the hotel. Accordingly, the company would have had no involvement in the financing of the project or sale of units,” Alan Garten, Trump Organization executive vice president and chief legal officer, said.

It is said the investigation might be an obstacle to Ivanka’s full security clearance as adviser of her father.

But Peter Mirijanian, a spokesman for Ivanka Trump's ethics counsel, responded that this scrutiny won’t be a hurdle to herself or her “clearance application”.

“Nothing in the new White House policy has changed Ms. Trump's ability to do the same work she has been doing since she joined the administration", he added.

Neither the White House nor the FBI have commented.