A House committee announced an investigation into former President Trump over his administration's apparent failure to properly record gifts from foreign government officials as required by law.
prevented it from compiling a satisfactory accounting of gifts presented to Trump and other U.S. officials by foreign governments in 2020.
Maloney said in her letter that the Trump administration's failed tabulation of gifts may have threatened national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, and may have violated the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which prohibits the president from keeping gifts for personal use if they exceed the"minimal value" that's currently set at $415.
After gifts went missing from the State Department vault in the final weeks of Trump's presidency, the State Department's Office of the Inspector General said it would investigate whether some of the former president's political appointees had taken taxpayer-funded presents home with them, noting the dollar value of the missing gifts was"significant."worth $5,800 that was given to then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by Japanese officials before it mysteriously went missing.
In her letter, Maloney cited other gifts such as a Louis Vuitton golf bag and photographs from French President Emmanuel Macron allegedly valued at more than $8,200 and a gold-framed portrait of Trump from the prime minister of Vietnam valued in excess of $3,000. Maloney requested all documents and communications related to foreign gifts received by Trump, his family members and White House staff by June 20.House Democrats have launched other investigations into the Trump administration after his presidency ended. While he was in office, congressional Democrats tried unsuccessfully to sue Trump over alleged Emoluments Clause violations, arguing Trump broke the law with his businesses, particularly with Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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