{"id":48209,"date":"2025-05-14T13:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/14\/dems-demand-military-investigation-into-qatars-plane-gift-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:53:54","slug":"dems-demand-military-investigation-into-qatars-plane-gift-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2025\/05\/14\/dems-demand-military-investigation-into-qatars-plane-gift-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems demand military investigation into Qatar\u2019s plane gift to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democrats want a Defense Department watchdog to weigh in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/05\/12\/breaking-down-trumps-executive-order-mandating-multiple-va-reforms\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/05\/12\/breaking-down-trumps-executive-order-mandating-multiple-va-reforms\/\">President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> plans to accept a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/air\/2025\/05\/12\/experts-qatar-gifted-air-force-one-may-be-security-upgrade-disaster\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/air\/2025\/05\/12\/experts-qatar-gifted-air-force-one-may-be-security-upgrade-disaster\/\"> $400 million luxury plane from the Qatari government <\/a>to use as Air Force One, a move they believe creates numerous security and ethical issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025.05.13-Senator-Schiff-Letter-to-DOD-IG.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.schiff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025.05.13-Senator-Schiff-Letter-to-DOD-IG.pdf\">letter to the department\u2019s Inspector General\u2019s office<\/a>, ten senior chamber lawmakers \u2014 including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. \u2014 voiced concerns not only over Trump\u2019s acceptance of an unusual gift from a foreign country, but also the military\u2019s potential involvement in the action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPublic reports raise the troubling prospect that the Administration involved the Defense Department to launder this impermissible gift, so that the Department could provide cover to give the transfer of the plane the appearance of an official gift [and] place the onus on DOD to retrofit the plane at considerable cost to U.S. taxpayers,\u201d the group wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDOD risks becoming embroiled in a brazen attempt to evade constitutional limitations on the acceptance of personal gifts from foreign governments without congressional approval.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2025\/05\/12\/experts-qatar-gifted-air-force-one-may-be-security-upgrade-disaster\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Force-One-new-livery-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Experts: Qatar-gifted Air Force One may be security, upgrade disaster<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Upgrading a Qatar-donated 747 into a new Air Force One would take a large sum of money and years to 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refusing the offer from the Qatari royal family would be foolish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cI could be a stupid person and say, \u2018No, we don\u2019t want a free, very expensive airplane.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Democratic critics charge that the gift runs afoul of numerous federal rules regarding foreign contributions and potential bribes. Several Republican lawmakers also expressed concerns over the arrangement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it will attract very serious questions, if and when it happens,\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Tuesday. \u201cI can assure you there will be plenty of scrutiny of whatever that arrangement might look like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their letter, the Democrats ask for specifics on the cost of retrofitting the aircraft for presidential use, the timeline for that work and \u201cthe counterintelligence and security risks of incorporating this aircraft, provided by a foreign government, into the Air Force One fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also asked for clarification on the legality of the move, \u201cwhich would constitute one of the largest foreign gifts ever accepted by a president or the U.S. government.\u201d Justice Department officials appointed by Trump have already said they believe the gift is allowed under their reading of the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signers of the letter included Sen. 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