Grifting on a jet plane

From The Guardian: “Trump reportedly prepared to accept ‘palace in the sky’ as gift from Qatar.” Gosh, is that permitted?

According to ABC’s sources, Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, and his top White House lawyer, David Warrington, have pre-emptively concluded that it is “legally permissible” for Trump to accept the luxury gift and then transfer it over to his presidential library.

Both reportedly arrived at that conclusion after lawyers for the White House counsel’s office as well as the justice department said the gifted plane was not conditioned on any official act and therefore was not bribery.

Those lawyers drafted an analysis for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, which reiterated that nothing about the plane violated federal laws prohibiting US government officials accepting gifts from foreign states or their royals. In fact, ABC’s sources said, Bondi’s reading of the situation was that the plane was being given to the US air force and then Trump’s presidential library foundation rather than her boss himself.

<irony>Well, that’s a relief.</irony>

The grifting never stops, not even on Mother’s Day. Why would it?