{"id":172635,"date":"2023-03-18T14:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T14:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172635"},"modified":"2023-03-18T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T14:54:11","slug":"trump-failed-to-follow-the-law-on-foreign-gifts-house-democrats-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/trump-failed-to-follow-the-law-on-foreign-gifts-house-democrats-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump failed to follow the law on foreign gifts, House Democrats say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former President Trump speaks at CPAC. Photo: Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Former President 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 released Friday.<\/p>\n
Why it matters:<\/strong> According to the report, Trump's failure to disclose these gifts "raises new questions about whether these and other gifts may have been used by foreign governments to influence U.S. policy under President Trump," the report said. <\/p>\n Driving the news:<\/strong> The 15-page report, released by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability 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. <\/p>\n Zoom in: <\/strong>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. <\/p>\n Flashback: <\/strong>The 15-page report from the House Oversight Committee comes after nearly a year-longinvestigation into foreign gifts received by Trump.<\/p>\n The big picture:<\/strong> Like other federal employees, the president is prohibited from receiving personal gifts from foreign officials and governments without Congressional consent, Axios' Jacob Knutson notes.<\/p>\n What's next: <\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n
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