Of those gifts, the report added that Trump received 17 unreported gifts from India. Among these gifts was a vase valued at approximately $8,500. ¥70,000 rupees, or $4,600 ¥38,000 rupee model of the Taj Mahal, and $1,900 ¥1.5 lakh cufflinks.
The report presents preliminary findings from an ongoing Democratic Commission investigation into former President Trump’s failure to disclose gifts from foreign government officials while in office.
Other gifts included a table, black marble inlaid with mother-of-pearl and stone, a Makrana marble vase and an Indian silk rug, according to a list issued by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. .
Apart from this, foot bowls, candelabra, lion statues, vivid Gujarat scarves, photo albums of state visits by former presidents and first ladies. The most expensive gift on the list is a makrana marble vase received from UP CM Yogi Adityanath.
Charm bracelet worth $2,760, according to report ¥20,000 rupees) was given to former First Lady Melania Trump. His daughter Ivanka Trump was also given a silk and wool rug, a silver charminar sculpture, a silk painting reportedly by India’s Pichiwai Painting Deccan School, and a bracelet.
Apart from them, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was gifted a Bandagara jacket. According to reports, these gifts he received between 2018 and 2021.
Among other unreported items are 16 gifts from Saudi Arabia worth more than $45,000 ( ¥370,000 rupees in total), including daggers worth up to $24,000 ( ¥190,000 rupees) and two sword sets totaling $8,800 ( ¥7 lakh), said the report.
The list also includes a larger-than-life drawing of Trump by the President of El Salvador, and commission investigators believe Trump may have moved to Florida, where he owns a beachfront mansion and three golf clubs. I believe there is
Japan’s Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated last year, gave Trump a $3,755 gold golf driver in November 2016, which he said was aimed at fostering a “special relationship” with the newly minted president-elect. Democrats said.
House Democrats said in a statement, “The discovery of these unreported foreign gifts raises serious questions as to why former President Trump did not disclose these gifts to the public as required by federal law. I am throwing
According to the report, gifts exceeding several hundred dollars given by foreign officials to the president, vice president, and their families must be reported to the State Department under the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.
A House Democrat report, citing State Department records, said the number of gifts reported by Trump and his family was lower than disclosed by previous presidents.
Meanwhile, Trump claims he is scheduled to be arrested Tuesday in a case brought by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, according to a Truth Social post on Saturday. Alleging “illegal leaks” and failing to provide evidence for the expected prosecution. He reached out to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for comment, but so far has not received a response.
Without providing evidence, Trump said “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office indicated he would be arrested. He did not disclose the charges against him.
Trump served as the Republican president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and has announced his intention to run for the White House again in the 2024 presidential election.
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