House Democrats say a State Department vault containing gifts from foreign countries was in “complete disarray” when Trump left office, with incomplete records on foreign gifts and a $5,800 whiskey bottle seemingly disappearing.
that show spotty recordkeeping on the sources and recipients of many Trump-era foreign gifts, and noted an unnamed State Department employee told the Oversight Committee last month the federal government’s vault for gifts was in “complete disarray” by the time Trump left office.
Maloney argued incomplete and missing records on the plush gifts “raise concerns about the potential for undue influence over former President Trump by foreign governments,” and she said the probe may point to violations of the emoluments clause, a section of the Constitution that bars presidents from accepting foreign gifts.lawmakers figure out whether stronger laws on recordkeeping are needed.
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