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Brit Hume warned on Fox News Monday that Qatar’s donation of a luxury aircraft to the U.S. government for President
Justice Department nominees won't be confirmed until the Trump administration provides full transparency on "Qatari influence," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced on Tuesday.
The plan raises substantial ethical issues, given the immense value of the lavishly appointed plane and that Mr. Trump intends to take ownership of it after he leaves office.
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Atlanta Black Star on MSN‘Undermines his… Credibility: Donald Trump Faces Unprecedented Backlash from Loyalists Over ‘Flying Palace’ Jet Donation from QatarDonald Trump, whose loyalists have stuck with him through good times and bad, may have finally gone too far by accepting Qatar’s “great gesture” of […] ‘Undermines his… Credibility: Donald Trump Faces
Any donation to this government is always done in full compliance with the law,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday.
President Donald Trump defended Qatar gifting the U.S. a jet to use as Air Force One as the new fleet is still under construction.
Sources told ABC News that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump's top White House lawyer David Warrington concluded it would be "legally permissible" for the donation of the aircraft to be conditioned on transferring its ownership to Trump's presidential library before the end of his term, according to sources familiar with their determination.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and GOP firebrand senators are among those voicing discomfort with the deal.