How Pam Bondi Will Get Round Constitution to Give Trump a Free Flying Palace
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Trump will receive a “flying palace” as his new Air Force One, a Boeing 747 that he plans to keep for himself.

Attorney General Pam Bondi gave Donald Trump the green light to accept a $400 million “flying palace” as a gift from Qatar.

ABC News reported that the Qatar royal family is expected to gift Trump a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet ahead of his big trip to the Middle East, where he is expected to visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar to secure “economic agreements.”

Bondi and Trump’s top White House lawyer, David Warrington, have already smoothed the legal details. They concluded that the gift is “legally permissible” because it is being handed to the United States Air Force and then will be transferred to Trump’s presidential library foundation. They also determined it does not constitute a bribe because the gift does not hinge on an official act.

  • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    Bondi:

    They also determined it does not constitute a bribe because the gift does not hinge on an official act.

    Emoluments clause:

    …no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.

    Bondi, we’re not talking about bribes, we’re talking about explicit violations of the Constitution. So where’s the Congressional consent?

    Oh, because Qatar gives it to USAF, and USAF gives it to Trump, it’s “legally permissible.” Gosh, what a novel idea. Definitely not something a first year law student would see as a strawperson introduced in a transaction specifically to evade illegal conduct.