Trump and his family failed to follow the law by not reporting hundreds of foreign gifts during their time at the White House, House Democrats said in a new report.
on Friday, said that Trump's White House failed to properly document more than 100 gifts valued at more than $150,000 that the former president had received.
Trump and his family received 117 foreign gifts totaling $291,000 that went unreported, according to the report.The National Archives have no records of two sets of gifts from foreign officials, including a $3,040 driver and a $460 putter given to Trump from Shinzo Abe, then-prime minister of Japan, the report said.
There are also no records of the "larger-than-life-sized painting” of Trump given by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, according to the report. Records obtained by the committee showed that the Trump administration and the White House Gift Office requested that the NARA transfer some foreign gifts back from the NARA to the White House, according to the report.foreign giftsIn a letter in June of last year, Rep. Carolyn Maloney , alleged Trump failed to report gifts that Trump received from foreign governments.
Such gifts are considered property of the United States government and are then handled by the National Archives once they are reported to the State Department.The committee said in its report it will assess whether legislative reforms are needed to make sure that foreign gifts records are preserved and made available to the public.
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