Kraft said at the time he hadn’t meant to give the ring away, but said the White House urged him to treat it as a gift in the interest of international diplomacy, according to the New York Post.If this is true, then let the "White House" pay for it, whoever that is. Certainly isn't the taxpayer, by the way.
Slim/no chance of that ever happening. The US Taxpayer winds-up paying for everything, mistakes and all else. As long as the current, corrupt tax system is in place, it’s a bottomless trough for the criminal pols to suck from, for anything they want.