Trump acceptance of Qatar private jet spurs investigation by House Democrats

First on the fox: Democrats in the House of Representatives open an investigation into President Donald Trump and accept his administration for a private plane worth $ 400 million from the Qatari government.

Representative Jimmy Raskin, DMD, a member of the House of Representatives Judicial Committee, led his colleagues in a committee in a letter to Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi and White House lawyer David Warrington on Thursday.

They are specifically asking Bondi to hand over a reported legal note that was written and that aims to confirm Trump’s legitimacy that accepts the plane on behalf of the United States

It is clear that any legal memorandum aims to present such a claim that would fly against the text of the foreign constitution of the paragraph, which explicitly prevents the president from accepting any present [or] Emolumnt … of any kind, whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state “unless he has” approval of congress “,” reads the message.

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“Based on this, we write to request that the committee be provided with the judicial authority with these notes immediately because its analysis and conclusions are apparently the basis for the president’s decision to ignore the simple text of the constitution.”

Raskin and the other judicial paradise went further to accuse Trump or people of his orbit of seeking a bribe from Qatar.

The Democrats said, “President Trump’s statements, which express their dissatisfaction with the delay in handing over his new plane in Boeing to work as the first air forces and the timing of this” gift “indicates that President Trump or a member of his administration may have requested this” incorrectly “generosity from the Qatari government,” according to Trump’s comments.

“The fact that, according to President Trump, the plane will not remain in service to the United States, but it prefers to donate it to his presidential library after his mandate raises the possibility of this” nice gesture “to the bribery of Donald Trump.

Multiple outlets stated that Bondi and Wawington formulated a legal note saying that it is “legally possible” for Trump to accept the plane and then transferred it to his presidential library when he leaves his position.

A source familiar with the Fox News Digital discussions were told that the memo was formulated by the legal advisor’s office and signed by Bondi.

But the Democrats indicated that the memo was most likely enough reasons for Trump to overcome Congress on this issue, and they previously referred to Bondi itself on behalf of Qatar.

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Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi speaks to journalists outside the White House, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiesfelbein)

The message said: “The constitution is clear: Congress – not the public prosecutor or a lawyer for the White House – has the exclusive authority to agree to or reject a gift” of any kind, whatever “granted to the president by a foreign government.”

“We also note that even if the researchers have a constitutional role he plays here, the Public Prosecutor Bondi has an important and clear conflict in interests given its previous registration as an official agent of the Qatari government and got at least $ 115,000 per month to pressure its prosecution.”

When it was reached to comment on the matter, a source close to Bondi said only that the message had been received by the Ministry of Justice.

In addition to searching for the same memorandum, the democratic message also requested any contacts and other records related to the transportation of the Boeing plane, and the legal justifications for the gift.

Democrats in the House of Representatives Judicial Committee have no power to compel the Trump administration officials to comply, given their position as a minority party in the room.

But Raskin has been scrutinizing Trump and his internal circle on family external relations since the term of the former president.

The last message comes during Trump’s diplomatic visit to the Middle East, where Qatar was one of his stations.

Trump defended his acceptance of the plane on multiple occasions, on the pretext that he would be a “stupid person” for not taking it, while he was inhibiting the Democrats for their criticism.

So the fact that the Ministry of Defense gets a gift, free of charge, from 747 plane to replace the 40 -year -old Air Force, temporarily, in a very public and transparent deal, so the adolescent democrats who insist that we pay it, and the top of the dollar, for the plane. Trump wrote about the social truth this week.

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Republicans in the Senate said they knew little when Fox News Digital asked earlier this week.

Meanwhile, the spokesman Mike Johnson, R does not.

Johnson told reporters: “I am not following all the transformations and turns from the charter plane. I understand that it is not a personal gift to the President of the United States, and other countries give us gifts all the time, but I will leave the administration.

Fox News Digital connects to the White House to comment, but he did not hear immediately.