Posted on 09/11/2016 1:51:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Clinton and his wife started shipping White House furniture to the Clintons' newly purchased home in New York more than a year ago, despite questions at the time by the White House chief usher about whether they were entitled to remove the items.
The day before the items were shipped out, chief usher Gary Walters said he questioned whether the Clintons should be taking the furnishings because he believed they were government property donated as part of a White House redecoration project in 1993, during Clinton's first year in office.
But Walters was told by the White House counsel's office that the items he asked about--which included an iron-and-glass coffee table, a painted TV armoire, a custom wood gaming table and a wicker table with wood top--were "personal gifts received by the Clintons prior to President Clinton assuming office."
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However, government records show that the gifts that concerned Walters did not arrive at the White House until after the Clintons moved in.
This week, the Clintons returned the four items to the White House, along with other furnishings, after questions were raised about whether they actually belonged to the Clintons. All the furnishings had been designated official White House property by the Park Service in 1993.
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The Clintons came under strong criticism after disclosing that they were taking with them $190,000 in gifts received over the last eight years. GOP lawmakers and others criticized Hillary Rodham Clinton in particular for accepting many presents just before she joined the Senate and became covered by strict ethics rules that prohibit accepting gifts worth more than $50.
Bowing to such criticism, the Clintons decided Feb. 2 to pay for $86,000 worth of gifts given them in 2000.
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Good to remind people.
My visiting California family members didn’t know of this. Thanks...
“....Bowing to such criticism, the Clintons decided Feb. 2 to pay for $86,000 worth of gifts given them in 2000”
Anybody seen the cancelled check?
Look up the term ‘grifter’ and see Bill’s picture. Of course he is also in the golf dictionary under the term ‘mulligan’ - a habit that infuriated my golfer mother. She said that a person who cheats at golf has other bad habits!
Hillary has quite a resume of being CHEAP....I mean pathologically cheap..like the hoarders you see on TV.
Did taxes and said Bill’s used underwear were worth $1 each..
Stole White House property....
Bought USED, outdated equipment on ebay for her ‘email’
And that oven mitt mess she was wearing...Goodwill wouldn’t even sell something that ugly.......
The American people need to take it back, by force if necessary.
Yeah and all those things only scratch the surface......grrrr
First thought ws to dub them “hill billies.” Second thought: that might be insulting a lot of decent people; weirdly different, perhaps, but basically decent.
I’m still waitin to see Hugh Rodham’s cancelled check.
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