In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar – a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News.

Both the White House and DOJ concluded that because the gift is not conditioned on any official act, it does not constitute bribery, the sources said.

We have investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing

Looks like it hasn’t actually happened yet, I guess we will see later this week.

  • Xenomorph [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    Both the White House and DOJ concluded that because the gift is not conditioned on any official act, it does not constitute bribery, the sources said.

    It’s not bribery unless it’s from the oligarch region of russia sweetie, this is just a sparkling gift.

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      24 hours ago

      “Not conditioned as an official act”, but used exclusively as the president’s official means of transportation?

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        23 hours ago

        “Not conditioned on an official act,” meaning there isn’t a contract where they do cartoon bribery by saying “we will give you this plane on the condition that you enact these specific policies.”