‘I have serious concerns with this so-called gift": GOP lawmaker on luxury aircraft gift from Qatar
Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd tells Pamela Brown he has serious "ethical" and "security" about the luxury jet worth an estimated $400 million that President Trump said he intends to accept from Qatar.
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