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The Justice Department’s internal legal advisers cleared a memo signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi endorsing the legality of President Donald Trump accepting a 747-8 luxury jet from Qatar, a DOJ official said Wednesday.
Bondi confirmed she lobbied for Qatar while at Ballard Partners but said the $115,000 figure represented the firm's contract, not her own earnings.
Pam Bondi’s salary, partly from her lobbying for Qatar, complicates the question of accepting a $400 million gift from the country.
House Democrats are opening an investigation into President Donald Trump and his administration's acceptance of a $400 million private jet from the Qatari government. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee,
Trump will receive a “flying palace” as his new Air Force One, a Boeing 747 that he plans to keep for himself.
The attorney general sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2, disclosure forms showed.
Bondi now says she works “at the directive of Donald Trump,” while Rubio has claimed the power to detain and deport students and travelers based on their social media posts.
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Sources told ABC News that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump's top White House lawyer David Warrington concluded it would be "legally permissible" for the donation of the aircraft to be conditioned on transferring its ownership to Trump's presidential library before the end of his term, according to sources familiar with their determination.
ABC News reported Sunday the Trump administration is preparing to accept a plane worth about $400 million to serve as Air Force One under President Donald Trump.
Schumer also called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify before Congress and answer a number of questions related to the potential gift.