Trump reportedly reported no more than 100 gifts in office

Washington

Former President of the United States Donald Trump according to one House Democrats report Failing to properly declare gifts from abroad to him and his family worth more than a quarter of a million dollars during his tenure. That’s the conclusion of Democrats on the House committee responsible for overseeing government in a preliminary report released on Friday.

Gifts received from countries such as China or Saudi Arabia amount to 291,000 US dollars (about 275,000 euros). By law, the report said, the president must declare gifts worth more than $415 to him and his family.

These gifts are king US government. However, for more valuable personal gifts, the recipient has the option of purchasing them from the government and keeping them. In any case, the incumbent must announce it publicly. She added that this did not happen in the case of Trump with regard to the gifts in question. The Republican was the President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

Among the unspecified gifts was a Saudi dagger worth $24,000. According to the report, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who worked under the Trump administration as an employee at White House Among other things, he led several delegations to the Middle East, Khanjar. On the other hand, he said that the relevant authority has no information about the whereabouts of other gifts. This includes a larger-than-life portrait of Trump that the then-president received as a gift from his counterpart in El Salvador. There is also no sign of golf clubs worth several thousand dollars, which Trump received as a gift from then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The report said the committee wanted to know if and what impact these undisclosed gifts could have on US foreign policy.

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