Posted on 03/18/2023 1:48:12 AM PDT by conservative98
A massive portrait and several golf clubs gifted to former President Donald Trump by foreign leaders while in office are unaccounted for, according to a report released by House Democrats on Friday.
The missing gifts are among more than 100 – worth nearly $300,000 – that Trump and his family failed to disclose, as required by law, the interim staff report by House Oversight Committee Democrats notes.
During its year-long investigation, the committee discovered White House emails referencing a “larger than-life-sized painting” of Trump commissioned by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
The work of art was delivered to the US Embassy in El Salvador just prior to the 2020 election, and on Nov. 19, 2020, US Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador Ronald Johnson notified the White House Gift Office and State Department Diplomatic Gift Unit about the painting and asked for help shipping it to the then-president.
“There are no records of the painting’s disposition. [The National Archives and Records Administration] had no records of this painting and [the General Services Administration] also had no records for the purchase of this gift,” the report found.
The report adds that “certain records suggest the portrait may have been moved to Florida as ‘property of the former President’ in July 2021.”
Federal law prohibits government officials from keeping personal gifts from foreign governments worth more than $415.
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Also missing are golf clubs valued at more than $7,000 that Trump received from the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, including a $3,755 gold driver he received as president-elect, a putter valued at $460 and another driver worth $3,040, according to the report.
“NARA has no records of these golf clubs and does not have the golf clubs in its custody. GSA also has no records of the golf clubs being purchased.
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FJB&tH2
3 hours ago
Safer with Trump
Blood of the Earth
2 hours ago
Ask Hunter to paint another one! He is very gifted while he’s high on Crack!
CharlieEcho
3 hours ago
This is all so tiresome.
Openminded
3 hours ago
Is this what these morons are doing instead of trying to solve the border crisis,homelessness,inflation,skyrocketing food and gas prices?
Gregg Butler
2 hours ago
This persecution is going beyond the pale.
a-holes in control
Trump is a billionaire. Making note of such gifts would be like being called to account for a bag of peanuts someone once gave you.
Even if it could be shown that he took them, there is such a thing as a good faith assumption under the law. He may have thought that one of us underlings took care of it for him and he was free to take them.
It’s only a matter of contacting him and make it right and all is good.
Just in case anyone else was curious about the portrait:
http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/17/politics/trump-gifts-democrats-report/index.html
Could only find this black and white photo of it so far. Looks pretty good.
Smoke and mirrors. They just HAVE to get the Chinese payouts off the front pages SOMEHOW.
And the National Archives gave the Clintons a pass...SMH...
AND LET’S JUST KEEP HIDING WHAT THE BIDEN FAMILY HAS REFUSED TO DISCLOSE!!
My local library keeps better tabs on stuff!
The putter is barely over the limit.
But nothing about the millions of dollars given to Biden and his spawn from our enemies when he was VP?
Did they ever get the furniture and dinnerware back??
At least the silverware and china were safe.
Did the Chinese payouts make it to the front page? All I’ve heard about is Trump’s upcoming indictment.
The current sitting president and his family have stolen millions and accepted millions of dollrs in payments from foreign powers.
State repeatedly.
Every where.
Ignore this attack.
More Alinsky.
Quickly, the good clubs were a give BEFORE he was inaugurated, according to the article.
Has anyone checked the storage closet at the US embassy in El Salvador?
Where’s the Luggage thief?
They really are tireless in trying to find some dirt on President Trump - how many of his detractors could survive the scrutiny they’ve been giving him and remain unscathed???
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