Posted on 04/30/2025 8:48:09 PM PDT by bitt
Democratic Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is facing scrutiny after a bombshell 7News I-Team investigation revealed her office failed to properly disclose funding sources for a series of lavish trips.
Despite Bowser’s repeated claims that her domestic and international travels are part of economic development efforts, public records raise alarming questions. Bowser’s administration reportedly has no expense filings on record for trips to the Masters Tournament, Las Vegas, Miami, Mar-a-Lago, Dubai, or Doha, even though several of these outings appear to have been paid for by third-party entities, including foreign nations and private organizations, according to 7News.
In one case, the report alleged that Bowser’s office initially claimed the D.C. Chamber of Commerce paid for her participation in the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. The Chamber flatly denied that claim. Days later, Bowser’s communications director pivoted, saying that the U.S. Conference of Mayors had footed the bill, yet that group declined to confirm any such arrangement and deferred instead to the mayor’s team.
A central issue involves Bowser’s 2023 trip to Doha, which is the capital of Qatar, where documents obtained by 7News through a Freedom of Information Act request show the Qatari government paid for travel costs for Bowser and four staffers, describing it as an “in-kind donation.” Under D.C. law, such donations must be formally submitted, reviewed, and approved before acceptance, but no such process took place.
Bowser’s office sent a letter in February 2025 asking Qatari officials for a breakdown of the $61,930 they covered for her 2023 trip in order to draft a donation agreement. D.C. rules set by her own administration, however, require such agreements to be submitted and approved before accepting any donation, not retroactively.
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DC is a dump beyond the wealthy enclaves and monuments? Feel free to correct me - haven’t been in ages.
They will re-elect Bowser with even more enthusiasm next time, b/c THE MAN is trying to get her! 😎
NONE DARE CALL IT BRIBERY....................
Nothing will happen to her.
Typical of demoncRAT-run DC. Ol’ Muriel following in the illustrious (I use that term loosely) footsteps of the notorious Marion Barry. Won’t matter if she’s convicted for fraud. She’ll run again for mayor and the DC residents will put her back in office.
Throw her in the DC Lubyanka.
This is small potatoes compared to her latest scam. She’s complaining about the Feds holding up a billion dollars for her budget (the Feds want her to use the same amount as the pre-pandemic funding just a few years ago), but she’s been able to find $500 million to refurbish the basketball and hockey venue, AND $1 billion for a new football stadium.
Food stamp user driving a Cadillac…
She is an angry racist black female democrat. She is protected by her melanin armor.
“Despite Bowser’s repeated claims that her domestic and international travels are part of economic development efforts”
“Economic development” for DC? ... Seriously? who does she think she’s kidding? ... oh yeah, maybe, just maybe, she’s trying to entice NVIDIA to build it’s gazallion dollar foundry on a few acres in DC ... After all, having the heart of the government bureaucracy of the world’s most powerful country occupying most of her little city along with the most powerful tourist attractions in the U.S. isn’t enough “economic development” ...
Bowser’s 2023 trip to Doha, the capital of Qatar; a FOIA request show the Qatari govt “donated” $61,930 travel costs for Bowser and four staffers. Under DC law, donations must be formally submitted, reviewed, and approved before acceptance, but no such process took place.
In Feb 2025 Bowser asked Qatari officials for a breakdown of the $61,930 for her 2023 trip in order to draft a “donation agreement...agreements to be submitted and approved before accepting any donation, not retroactively.
washingtonexaminer.com
Jive-talking black Cong Jasmine Crockett has long accepted big bucks from foreigners:
<><>Between Feb. 21-27, 2023, Crockett embarked on a trip to Doha, the capital of Qatar,
<><>congressional records show it was paid for by the US-Qatar Business Council,
<><>the US-Qatar Business Council is a trade association with links to the Qatari government.
<><>Sheikha Mayes bint Hamad Al Thani, of Qatar’s royal family, is the Qatari managing director
<><>the US-Qatar Business Council partners with “Gulf Times,” a Qatari state-run news outlet.
<><>During her comped trip to Doha, Crockett stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Lusail Doha,
<><>Waldorf Doha, is a five-star waterfront resort boasting seven luxury restaurants and a waterpark.
<><>the Qatar Council arranged multiple meetings between Crockett and high-ranked govt figures.
<><>her family members were reportedly also invited on the trip.
<><>Crockett also went on several “cultural exchange” trips
<><>these were paid for by the Indian and Emirati govts, official records say.
<><>“Cong Crockett files financial disclosures and documents as per federal law,” her COS said.
<><>no word on whether Crockett jive-talked Quatari officials or spoke plain English
It’s (D)ifferent.
RE: repeated claims that her domestic and international travels are part of economic development efforts...
How better to shine a spotlight on the future wealth of the downtrodden masses than for her to live that life of luxury as a role model?
And I remember the Mayor of Detroit joining the mayors of many other cities in a lavish national urban problem conference in the Bahamas. Blue water, blue skies, top quality gourmet meals, the best of service. Perfect place to generate ideas for urban dwellers trying to get one good meal a day for their starving children.
Bowser’s 2023 trip to Doha showed the Qatari govt
paid $61,930 travel costs for Bowser and four staffers.
Odd....because Crockett reported to Congress that her trip to Doha
accompanied by family members coat the Qatari govt just over $16,000.
Why such a lge discrepancy?
Were there payoffs or bribes involved in pricing Bowser’s trip?
This ugly ghetto slug is the epitome of political corruption and blatant dishonesty...
‘nother crooked mayor.
The corrupt ones all commit the same errors.
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