Dems Demand Bondi’s Memo Approving Qatari Jet

May 15, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption

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, led his fellow Democrats on the panel in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House counsel David Warrington on Thursday.

They’re specifically asking Bondi to hand over a reported legal memo she wrote that is meant to assert the legality of Trump accepting the plane on behalf of the U.S.

“Any legal memo purporting to make such a claim would obviously fly in the face of the text of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause, which explicitly prohibits the President from accepting any ‘present [or] Emolument… of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State’ unless he has ‘the Consent of Congress,'” the letter reads.

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BREAKING: With @RepRaskin and @RepMGS, I’m opening an investigation into Trump’s plan to accept a $400m luxury plane from Qatar.

This is blatantly corrupt, flies in the face of the Constitution, and is a massive national security risk. Absolutely not. https://t.co/Uktjy1XrQ5 pic.twitter.com/BGD7BCVZEl

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) May 15, 2025