Durbin Pushes Bondi To Justify Approving Qatari Jet

The Hill reports:

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday over her decision to deem President Trump’s potential acceptance of a luxury Qatari jet as a “legally permissible” gift.

Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, argued that Bondi should have recused herself from that decision due to her past lobbying work for the Qatari government and that Congress should be the entity deciding whether the U.S. will accept such a gift.

“When I asked you about this during your confirmation hearing, you refused to commit to recusing yourself from matters involving Qatar, but you did commit to ‘consult with the career ethics officials within the Department [of Justice] and make the appropriate decision,’” Durbin continued.

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It’s pretty fucking insane that Pam Bondi was collecting $115,000/month from Qatar in “consulting fees”, and now she is the one saying whether it’s kosher or not to accept $400,000,000 “gifts” from them.

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